January 30, 2019 – In Breaking News – CNN
Four Houston police officers were shot and another suffered a knee injury Monday while serving a search warrant, police Chief Art Acevedo said.
About a dozen narcotics officers and several patrol officers responded to a residence where police suspected drugs were being sold, Acevedo told reporters Monday night.
The narcotics officers announced themselves as they breached the front door shortly before 5 p.m.
(Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo says four of the officers were shot while trying to serve a search warrant for narcotics. Two suspects are dead. Courtesy of USA Today and YouTube. Posted on Jan 29, 2019.)
UPDATE on our officers: one officer shot in the shoulder has been released. 2 officers in critical condition & 2 others are in good condition. None of them will be released from the hospital tonite. One of the officers sustained a knee injury & isn’t believed to have been shot.
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) January 29, 2019
Chief @artacevedo gives update @memorialhermann hospital on injured officers https://t.co/G6KlXx42Bw
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) January 29, 2019
Then the gunfire started, Acevedo said.
“Immediately upon breaching the door, the officers came under fire from one or two suspects inside the house,” the police chief said.
One suspect retreated to the back of a room, he said, then re-emerged and returned fire.
(Chaos heard on police dispatch audio after 5 officers injured in shootout. Courtesy of Broadcastify and ABC13.)
Four undercover narcotics officers were struck by gunfire, police said. A fifth officer suffered a knee injury, according to Acevedo.
Police returned fire, killing two suspects at the scene, the chief said.
He did not release the suspects’ names.
Acevedo said authorities first believed five officers were shot.
Three of the four officers who were shot are still hospitalized, police said Monday night.
The officer who suffered the knee injury was also being treated at the hospital, police said.
(At least five Houston Police Department officers have been injured at a southeast Houston home. The shooting was reported on Harding Street near Berkley Street. Houston Police Officers Union president Joe Gamaldi posted on Twitter that two of the officers are in critical condition while the three others are in stable condition. Courtesy of FOX 26 and YouTube. Posted on Jan 28, 2019.)
Two of the hospitalized officers are in critical condition, while the other two are in good condition, police said.
An officer who was discharged suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder.
Continue reading… 4 Houston police officers shot while serving warrant
Statement On Houston Police Shooting: https://t.co/PYc4qmVDeN pic.twitter.com/EC3jIrAxX3
— Gov. Greg Abbott (@GovAbbott) January 29, 2019
Editor’s note: Our prayers are with the injured officers and their families, both blood and blue. Thank you for your bravery in serving the citizens of Houston.
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