CHANNELVIEW, Texas – A driver who led authorities on a short chase and opened fired on a deputy constable Thursday was taken into custody after an hours-long standoff inside a Channelview home that also serves as a day care, according to officials and state records.
A short pursuit involving Precinct 3 deputy constables began after the driver ran a red light, Precinct 3 deputies said. A deputy constable pulled the man over, got out of his patrol car and walked up to the man's car but the driver fled.
Investigators said the driver of the vehicle fired two rounds at the deputy, but the deputy was not injured.
The chase ended after the driver crashed near Mincing and Ambrosden in east Harris County, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
The driver's child and the child's mother stayed inside the vehicle, according to deputies.
Law enforcement said the search led them to the 1400 block of Leadenhall Circle where the driver was holed up inside the home's attic. State records showed that a day care operates at the home.
Investigators said the suspect's grandmother runs the daycare.
. @HCSOTexas Pct 3 and SWAT responding to a suspect which investigators say had barricaded themselves in a building in Channelview. Media Staging on N Silver Green Drive. Investigators said there was a crash and shots fired prior to the suspect barricading himself @kprc2 pic.twitter.com/OA7YenabyG
— KPRC2 Rose-Ann Aragon (@KPRC2RoseAnn) August 2, 2018
Video from Sky 2 showed SWAT officers removing children from the home. A total of eight children ranging in ages of 14 months to 18 years, were removed, officials said.
VIDEO: Deputies rescue children from Channelview home during standoff