†7/31/07 - Reginald Lee Sumbler, b/m, 21, killed when shot multiple times by Houston PD officers Sergeant P.E. Ogden III (Eastside Patrol Division), Officer H.M. Wagner Jr.(5-yr veteran, Southeast Patrol Division), Officer T.S. Warren (Special Operations Division), and Officers Patrick J. Straker, A. Gonzales, R.L. Kent, and R.J. McCusker (Tactical Operations Division). Police say Sumbler had called them, saying he wanted to die. The first officer to respond found him outside his home, holding a gun and a Bible. A CIT officer then spoke to him for nearly an hour, convincing him to move away from his gun and read his Bible. As he did so, SWAT officers arrived and began surrounding him. Alarmed by SWAT's arrival, police say Sumbler grabbed the gun; at least one witness said he didn't pick up the gun at this point. Police claim he then pointed it at the officers; witnesses say he did not. One of the officers shot once, and Sumbler fell backward into a ditch. He then grabbed for the gun, and all seven officers opened fire. Sumbler is the 8th person known to have been shot to death this year by Harris County police officers. (media reports)

See also 10/23/06 - Straker kills Mohammad Rafi; and 8/13/01 - Straker kills McLoren Anthony Jones; and 9/2/03 - Straker kills Mary J. Beasley; and 6/10/99 - Straker kills Demetrio Martine Hernandez; and

8/11/05 - Wagner kills Ronald Charles Newman.