Suspect held in HPD death
RICHARD STEWART and MIKE GLENN
Dec. 7, 2008, 7:02PM
A Houston Police Department officer died this morning after being shot during a traffic stop in northwest Houston.
Police have taken a "person of interest" into custody.
"We believe we have our man," said HPD Captain Bruce Williams.
The shooting occurred about 8:40 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 6000 block of West Sunforest at West Tidwell. The officer was taken to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.
Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt said the officer was an 11-year veteran.
The officer stopped the man in a routine traffic stop. The suspect jumped out and ran into a nearby apartment complex, the Luxor Apartments, Hurtt said. When the officer pursued, the man turned around and shot him several times, said Hurtt.
The fire department took the officer to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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