HPD Shootout: Officer shot dead outside Exxon gas station in southeast Houston
According to Houston police, the shooting happened at 14800 Gulf Freeway near Astoria.
SkyEye video showed a heavy police presence at the Exxon gas station at the intersection and bullet holes in the windshield of a pickup truck parked at a gas pump.
HPD Commanders & PIO are responding to a report of an officer shot dead at 14800 Gulf Freeway in Astoria, southeast Houston. The officer was transported to the Hermann – Southeast Memorial. Further information follows. #housenews pic.twitter.com/cjJ4yn4LZx
— Houston Police Department (@houstonpolice) May 4, 2022
The officer was transported to Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital. The officer’s condition was unknown.
Police did not say what exactly led to the shooting.
Two lanes of the feeder road were blocked as police investigated the shooting.
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