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FROM STAFF REPORTS

Tue 12/08/2009 Houston Chronicle, Section B, Page 2, 3 STAR R.O. Edition

Officer's shot wounds man

A rookie Houston police officer shot and wounded a man who appeared to point a weapon at him early Monday on the city's southwest side, officials said.

Investigators later determined that the man had pointed a silver hairbrush.

The shooting occurred about 1 a.m. in the 8900 block of Imogene, police said.

The man, who was hit in the arm, has been charged with filing a false report, police said. The officer, K. Waymire, was not hurt.

Later, investigators learned from the man's relatives that he had spoken to them about committing suicide moments before he called police, Smith said.