HOUSTON – A suspect was shot and killed in a shooting involving an officer in northeast Houston Friday night, according to the Houston Police Department.
HPD Chief Troy Finner said a six-year veteran of the department fired several shots after he said the teen pointed an assault rifle at him.
HPD Commanders & PIO are en route to an officer-involved shooting in the 6700 block of Bennington St.
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) September 30, 2023
Prelim info is an officer fired at an armed suspect about 8 p.m., striking the suspect.
Suspect transported, condition unknown at this time. No officers were injured.#HouNews pic.twitter.com/dMRKeIOXit
Officers showed up to an apartment complex in the 6700 block of Bennington Street in northeast Houston after seeing something on social media. Finner didn’t elaborate on that incident.
Around 9 p.m., officers came up to a group of men, who were armed. The men then took off, and the officers ran after them.
Finner said a 17-year-old or 18-year-old pointed an assault rifle at the officers, and that’s when one of the officers fired several shots, hitting the teen.
“I talked to our officer as well, and people think that we’re just not human. We are, and he’s hurting because we protect and we serve. We don’t sign up to shoot people and that’s the truth,” Finner said.
The group of men are being questioned in downtown Houston. A total of five guns were found with them.
The officer accused of firing the shots is also on administrative leave.