3 of our officers are currently stable, 2 are still critical please keep them and their families in your thoughts and prayers.



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This is it. The house where 5 officers were injured: 4 were shot. You can see bullet holes next to door. Two suspects taken down. Police were here serving a drug warrant. Chief @ArtAcevedo says neighbors tipped them off drugs were being sold here. #abc13 https://t.co/vRdrdjRUfq… pic.twitter.com/X8dZgRoC7J — Courtney Fischer (@CourtneyABC13) January 29, 2019

Four Houston police officers were shot and another suffered a knee injury in southeast Houston while they were serving a narcotics warrant.Life Flight was called to the scene. All the officers have been taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital.Two of the officers, ages 54 and 40, underwent surgery. They are in critical condition. Both were reportedly shot in the neck.The other three injured officers are listed as stable. One of those officers is expected to be discharged from the hospital. None of the officers' names have been released.Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo says narcotics officers, with patrol officers on the scene to provide support, announced themselves at the suspects' home in the 7800 block of Harding at about 4:15 p.m. Monday. Immediately, officers were under fire from one or two suspects inside the home.Houston police confirmed two suspects were killed in the exchange of gunfire.Police said a tip from a neighbor that the suspects were dealing drugs, including black tar heroin, led officers to the house.Gov. Greg Abbott said the shooting highlights the " service and sacrifice our brave men and women in law enforcement make every day to keep us safe ." </s> And chaos in Houston. Ian bush style attack on police officers investigating a suspected drug case. The officers coming under fire just moments after they showed up. And us Rosie Atlanta's capturing big stage on her cellphone the video shows one officer running from the scene. He shot in the arm and about why it wasn't afford a second officer on the ground. Other officers rushed too easy. An all four officers were shot with two officers taking bullets to the face a fifth suffered a knee injury. All officers rushed to the hospital wine airlifted ease in the fight and fight and stable. But we need to pray for all these officers dozens of officers surrounding the house with the suspects still in sci. Police identified the suspects as 58 year old Regina Nichols who they say was shot and killed when she went to grab one of the wounded officer shotgun. The other suspect 59 year old Dennis Tuttle also killed in the shoot out. Inside the home officers found guns marijuana in a substance believed to be cocaine or fentanyl. The officers who were shot are between 32 to 54 years old. Don you back is ABC news Los Angeles. </s> Less than 48 hours after President Donald Trump called him up on a stage to express pride in the Houston Police Department, Chief Art Acevedo struggled to explain a scandal in which one of his narcotics agents allegedly lied to get a no-knock warrant for a drug-house raid that left a married couple dead and four officers shot.

"What a job you've done. I'm proud of you," Trump told Acevedo while giving the keynote address on Wednesday at the Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriffs of America joint conference in Washington, D.C.

"I like these people," Trump said of the Houston Police Department delegation on hand. "I feel very safe with these people."

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During a news conference in Houston on Friday, Acevedo noted the dramatic contrast between Trump's praise for his department and an investigation into the troubling actions of one veteran narcotics officer.

"Here we are less than 48 hours later talking about one person," said Acevedo, who asked the public not to paint the 5,200 members of his department "in a broad brush" over the actions of a single officer.

That officer, identified in court papers as Gerald Goines, 54, was one of the four drug-team members shot in January when they raided a house where Goines claimed a confidential informant had made two purchases of black tar heroin.

But an affidavit filed in Harris County District Court on Thursday by Houston internal affairs detectives investigating the raid indicates the confidential informant Goines said conducted the drug buys on his instruction claims he never even went to the house.

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"Regardless of whether we had reason or probable cause to engage in an investigation or even get a search warrant, what that affidavit will show you is that, thus far, it appears that there are some material untruths or lies in that affidavit, and that's a problem," Acevedo said.

Killed in the Jan. 28 raid were homeowners Dennis Tuttle, 59, and his 58-year-old wife, Rhogena Nicholas.

Armed with a search warrant, nine narcotics detectives backed up by at least six patrol officers surrounded the home on Harding Street just before 5 p.m.

After Goines, the lead investigator on the case, broke open the front door, a 33-year-old officer armed with a shotgun entered the residence and was immediately attacked by a pit bull, Acevedo said a day after the raid.

He said that the officer being attacked shot and killed the dog.

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One of the suspects, Tuttle, charged from the back of the house firing a .357-caliber Magnum revolver at the officer, hitting him in the shoulder, Acevedo said.

He said Nicholas was shot and killed when she tried to grab the wounded officer's shotgun and that Tuttle was killed by police after shooting three other officers, including Goines, who suffered a bullet wound to the neck and remains in a hospital.

Police recovered two shotguns and three rifles from the residence and seized marijuana and a white powder they believe to be either cocaine or the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, Acevedo said at the time. But officers did not seize any black tar heroin, he said.

In his application for a search warrant, Goines claimed he was outside the house and "observed the confidential informant" go into the house, make the heroin buy and came out and handed him the drugs, according to the internal affairs affidavit.

Goines gave investigators the name of the informant he said made the drug deal, according to the affidavit. But when the informant denied he had bought drugs from the house on the instruction of Goines, investigators confronted Goines, who then gave them another informant's name.

Internal affairs detectives interviewed all of the confidential informants Goines worked with "and all denied making a buy for Goines from the residence located at 7815 Harding Street, and ever purchasing narcotics from Rhogena Nicholas or Dennis Tuttle."

On Friday, Acevedo said he has ordered a full audit of drug investigations by his narcotics unit and a review of other cases Goines has been in charge of.

He said Goines, who has been with the department for 34 years and was previously shot twice in the line of duty, has been relieved of his duties and will likely face serious criminal charges.

"We know that there's already a crime that's been committed," Acevedo said. "It's a serious crime when we prepare a document to go into somebody's home, into the sanctity that is somebody's home, it has to be truthful, it has to be honest, it has to be factual. We know already there's a crime that's been committed. There's high probability there will be a criminal charge."

Acevedo said detectives were first alerted to the alleged drug-dealing at the Harding Street house in a 911 call from a mother concerned her daughter had been involved in drugs at the residence. Police launched an investigation about two weeks before the fatal January raid.

"We weren't there willy nilly," Acevedo said.

As part of the investigation into the drug raid, a second undercover officer was also relieved of his duties, but Acevedo said investigators do not believe he was aware that Goines allegedly concocted information to obtain the no-knock warrant.

"When we're done, I guarantee you we will leave no stone unturned and the truth will come out," Acevedo said.

He added that there are "a lot of angry cops" because of Goines' alleged behavior.

"When you violate that oath of office, you make ... their jobs difficult," he said. </s> NORTHEAST DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two police officers and one civilian were shot at a Home Depot Tuesday afternoon. Police are actively searching for the suspect.

A source close to the investigation told CBS11 reporter J.D. Miles that the male police officer was shot in the back of the head. The female officer was shot in the face, according to the source.

Both officers were gravely injured and one was resuscitated according to Dallas Police. They were taken to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

“We can confirm that two Dallas police officers have been shot and critically wounded,” DPD reported on Twitter. “We will provide updates as we get them. Please pray for our officers and their families.”

Police could not confirm the civilian’s condition.

Police identified the suspect as Armando Juarez, 29, they say he should be considered armed and dangerous. Police say he was wearing a white t-shirt and blue jean shorts.

Police are looking for a white work truck they say the suspect may have gotten into.

The shooting happened in the 11600 block of Forest Central Drive near the Hamilton Park neighborhood.

Police with guns drawn were seen at the back of the Home Depot as employees appeared to be rushing out of the back of the store and away from the area.

Dallas SWAT and Canine Units were searching a creek bed nearby for the suspect.

The store was evacuated and workers were sent home for the day. </s> (CNN) — Two Dallas police officers were shot and critically wounded Tuesday, the city’s police department said.

A civilian also was wounded, the department said, but that person’s condition was not known.

Dallas police are looking for a 29-year-old Hispanic man named Armando Luis Juárez in connection with the shooting at a Home Depot, Chief Reneé Hall told reporters Tuesday night.

The man fled in a white pickup, she said.

The truck is a Ford, possibly F250, police said on Facebook. The back fender has “GX4” on it and the truck bed has a ladder rack and large exhaust pipes rising from the front.

The incident began Tuesday afternoon, she said, when an off-duty officer at the Home Depot called to request backup officers for an arrest.

The chief asked for people to keep the officers, their families and department in their prayers.

“We need you right now, our hearts are very heavy,” she said.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings also tweeted on the shooting: “We are closely monitoring the situation in northeast Dallas and praying for our officers and their families.”

No further details were immediately available.

Five Dallas officers were killed and seven others injured in July 2016 when a military veteran who had served in Afghanistan fired on them. The shooter, Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, of Mesquite, Texas, was killed after a lengthy standoff with police. </s> DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two Dallas police officers remain hospitalized after a shooting at a North Dallas Home Depot that also injured a store employee.

The man who police say shot the officers and the Home Depot security guard – Armando Luis Juarez – woke up behind bars today. After the shooting, a manhunt, and late night police chase Juarez was taken into custody and ultimately transferred to the Dallas County Jail very early Wednesday morning.

Both of the Dallas police officers, Crystal Almeida and Rogelio Santander, are in critical condition at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas hospital. The Home Depot employee, who was also taken to Presbyterian and has not been identified, is in the ICU as well.

Both Officers Almeida and Santander are three-year veterans with the Dallas Police Department, assigned to the Northeast Division.

A source close to the investigation told CBS 11 News reporter J.D. Miles that Officer Santander was shot in the back of the head and Officer Almeida was shot in the face.

Wednesday morning Michael Mata, the president of the Dallas Police Association, said, “When an officer is shot or killed or injured in one city, it affects every officer across the country. We are one huge family.”

The shooting happened just after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Home Depot store in the 11600 block of Forest Central Drive, near U.S. Highway 75 and Forest Lane, after the two police officers were called to help an off-duty officer remove a man, believed to be Juarez, from the store.

Immediately after the shooting police, with guns drawn, were seen at the back of the Home Depot as employees and customers rushed out of the back of the store and away from the area.

Juarez fled from the scene in a white-colored work truck. It was then police put out a description of the truck — that had “GX4” on the back fender, a ladder rack, and large exhaust pipes rising from the front — and issued a be on the lookout (BOLO) alert.

Police later spotted the truck, with Juarez behind the wheel, in Southeast Dallas and gave chase. Officers were ultimately able to corner Juarez in a residential neighborhood near Dallas Love Field Airport and took the 29-year-old into custody.

“We got our man,” Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said at a late-night news conference. </s> Sign up for one of our email newsletters.

DALLAS — Two Dallas police officers were critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday outside a home improvement store, authorities said.

Police Chief U. Renee Hall said a store loss-prevention officer also was shot in the incident about 4:15 p.m. outside a Home Depot in northern Dallas.

In a tweet about the shooting Tuesday evening, the Dallas Police Department said the officers were critically wounded. During a news conference Tuesday night at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Hall declined to give an update on their conditions, citing consideration for the privacy of the officers' families.

"We're asking you to continue praying for our officers," Hall said.

The two police officers went to the store to assist an off-duty police officer with taking a man into custody and then the shooting happened.

A 29-year-old man is being sought as a person of interest. Hall said the man left the scene in a white pickup truck.

"I continue to be upset at the lack of respect of our police in this city and in our country," said Mayor Mike Rawlings, who also attended the hospital news conference.

In 2016, four Dallas police officers and a transit officer were fatally shot by a sniper in an ambush that occurred toward the end of a peaceful protest over the police killings of black men that had occurred in other cities. </s> A troubled lawyer opened fire on morning commuters in Houston, Texas, on Monday, injuring at least nine people before being fatally shot by police, authorities said.

Six victims were taken to hospitals and three were treated at the scene after being shot at while inside their vehicles in the wealthy neighbourhood of West University Place, acting Houston police chief Martha Montalvo told reporters.

One of the victims was said to be in a critical condition and another was in serious condition.

Ms Montalvo declined to identify the suspect but said he was a lawyer.

She said the FBI was assisting with the investigation and did not mention terrorism as a motive.

Houston mayor Sylvester Turner told reporters: “The motivation appears to be a lawyer whose relationship with his law firm went bad.”

The police bomb squad secured the suspect’s car, a black Porsche, which had numerous weapons in it. Police were also planning to search his house.

Broken glass from shattered car windows littered a carpark in a shopping centre near where the suspect fired 20 to 30 shots.

An unidentified witness told a local television station she heard “the bullets literally whiz by my window”.

Live video streams showed numerous police cars and ambulances in the area.

There were also a few vehicles seen with bullet holes. </s> This post was originally published on this site

U.S. NEWS Texas man arrested after allegedly killing three young children, shooting woman in the head https://linewsradio.com/texas-man-arrested-after-allegedly-killing-three-young-children-shooting-woman-in-the-head/ http://abcnewsradioonline.com/national-news/

(TEXAS CITY, Texas) — Police arrested a Texas man who allegedly murdered three young children and shot a woman in the head Thursday.

Junaid Mehmood, 27, allegedly killed an infant and two children — believed to be 2 years old and 5 years old — at a Texas City apartment complex and left a woman there to die, according to police.

Police discovered the victims at the Pointe Ann Apartments in Texas City, Texas, about 40 miles southeast of Houston, while responding to a welfare concern at around 6:15 p.m., the Texas City Police Department said in a statement.

The children were pronounced dead on the scene and the woman was rushed to a nearby hospital, according to the statement. The department didn’t disclose the woman’s identity, or her relationship to the children, but said she was in stable condition.

The children’s causes of death has not been released.

Mehmood was apprehended in Houston after a brief manhunt late Thursday night.

Police records indicate that he’d been arrested multiple times, charged with fraud, robbery, assault and drug possession. He was charged with fraud in Galveston County in February 2010 and received five years probation. In 2014, he was charged with family assault and spent 20 days in confinement. After a robbery conviction in 2015 he was sentenced to three years in jail.

It’s unclear if Mehmood has obtained an attorney.
Police shoot and kill two homeowners after invading their house. 5 officers were injured in a substantial shootout in Harris County. Reports later indicated one of the officers lied that drugs were in the house.