HOUSTON – The body of a slain Houston police sergeant was escorted Friday to a funeral home. Harold Preston was shot and killed Tuesday after responding to a domestic disturbance. Friday’s police escort marked the next step in the fallen hero’s journey to his final resting in East Texas in Athens, where HPD Sgt. Harold Preston was raised. READ: Funeral details for fallen HPD Sgt.

Houston police Chief Art Acevedo said it appears that the gunshot wound Elmer Manzano suffered during Tuesday’s shooting was from gunfire returned by HPD Sgt. Acevedo said it also appears Preston, who Manzano had pointed a gun at, was reaching for his pistol and attempting to back out of the apartment when Manzano opened fire. He said Preston was hit several times, Officer Courtney Weller was hit in the arm and Manzano’s 14-year-old son was also hit. Prosecutors have charged Manzano with capital murder, attempted capital murder and aggravated assault in connection with the shooting. And the suspect immediately opened fire.”The investigation remains on-going into all of the specifics on how the shooting played out.