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Suspect dies in shooting involving officer, after allegedly pointing assault rifle at authorities in NE Houston

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.

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.


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Christian Terry covered digital news in Tyler and Wichita Falls before returning to the Houston area where he grew up. He is passionate about weather and the outdoors and often spends his days off on the water fishing.

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T.J. Parker joined KPRC 2 in June 2023 and is happy to be back in Houston. Before coming back to the Lone Star State, T.J. was a reporter in Miami at WSVN Channel 7. There he covered all things up and down the south Florida coast.

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