KINGWOOD, Texas – The Houston Police Department released body camera video which shows an officer firing his weapon into a home in Kingwood in November while responding to a panic medical alarm.
Officers T. Lindsey and O. Sampson, who discharged their duty weapons, are assigned to the Kingwood Patrol Division and were sworn in as HPD officers in January 2016 and June 2008.
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On Nov. 23, officers responded to reports of a panic medical alarm in the 5500 block of August Hill Drive around 10:50 p.m.
Officers said when they arrived at the scene, they saw emergency officials with the Houston Fire Department standing by. Police went to the front door and knocked, but said they didn’t get a response, so they went to the backyard for entry. Officers then reportedly observed a silhouette of a man with a gun through the window. Investigators said the person in the window pointed a gun at the officers and one of the officers discharged a firearm, then retreated.
According to HPD, they later learn the person with the gun was the homeowner. He was startled by sounds in his backyard and was half asleep while walking through his house with his weapon to see what was going on, police said.
Police said there may have been some sort of malfunction in the alarm system. No one was injured during the shooting.
As is customary in HPD officer-involved shooting incidents in the city limits, this case is being investigated by the HPD Special Investigations Unit and the Internal Affairs Division.