Paper: Houston Chronicle

Date: Mon 07/02/2007

Section: B Page: 3 Edition: 3 STAR

CRIME & COURTS

From staff reports

Officer rear-ended, fires at driver's car An off-duty Houston police officer whose car was rear-ended in north Houston Sunday morning fired a shot that hit the other vehicle as the driver fled. Officer D.K. Hogan, in her personal vehicle, was stopped at a traffic light in the 6500 block of Airline at Parker about 2:30 a.m. when her car was struck. Police said that when the driver tried to flee, Hogan identified herself and ordered him to stop. Police said the man pulled from his pants an object the officer believed to be a pistol, and pointed it at her. Hogan, fired a shot and struck the man's car, police said. The man fled, but was arrested about 90 minutes laterNo weapon was found. Charges are pending against the man, Miguel Angel Vargas, 26.

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