HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A suspect died in an officer-involved shooting after the man fired a gun while law enforcement tried to serve him a capital murder arrest warrant on Wednesday in north Harris County, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
The man was the final suspect after three other people were also arrested in connection to a capital murder that happened on May 18. He was also wanted for aggravated assault.
The US Marshal’s Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force arrived at a house in the 700 block of North Ella Creek Drive to serve the warrant, then there was a brief standoff inside the residence, and a deputy with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office fatally shot the suspect around 9:40 a.m.
The task force is made up of several law enforcement agencies, and the Houston Police Department was also at the scene.
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The suspect was pronounced dead at the location.
Officers arrested a person, and authorities were not injured in the shooting.
There were witnesses that saw the incident. Neighbors also told KPRC 2 that they heard gunshots in the area some days ago.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office will conduct a third-party investigation into the shooting and authorities will carry out an internal investigation.
The investigations will then be presented to a grand jury, so they can make a decision about the case. Law enforcement did not identify anyone involved in the shooting.