5 LEOs shot in TX

[WillBrink]

Breaking story, but sounds like bad mojo all around:

Houston station KHOU reports from police that one suspect is dead, but it is still an active scene in the southeast part of the city where five Houston police officers were shot.

Two more suspects remain inside the house where officers were serving a warrant when they were ambushed, the station reports.

The shooting happened a little before 4 p.m. in a residential area a few blocks from a high school.

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HPD and HCSO SWAT teams are at the scene.

Update, 5:50 p.m.

Houston police confirm a suspect is dead in a Monday afternoon shooting in which five officers were injured and rushed to local hospitals. It happened just before 4 p.m. in a residential neighborhood in the southeast part of the city.

Houston station KHOU reports from sources that there may be at least one other suspect in the shooting.

It's not clear what led to the shooting. KHOU says four injured officers were transported by ambulance with the fifth airlifted from the scene.


https://www.kwch.com/content/news/At...504991641.html

[SteyrAUG]

The officers were reportedly serving a narcotics warrant.

Life Flight was called to the scene. All the officers have been taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital.

Details are coming in to Eyewitness News, but we are learning two suspects are dead at the scene. Sources say a third suspect is believed to be barricaded inside the house.

[Wake27]

Holy shit. Blow him up like the asshole a few years ago. Hopefully the officers all pull through.

[AndyLate]

Holy shit. Blow him up like the asshole a few years ago. Hopefully the officers all pull through.

Although the latter was my first thought, the former is OK by me.

[CoryCop25]

A little inside information...

Two bad guys dead

One cop treated and released
Two cops treated and admitted for observation.
Two cops critical and both shot in the neck.

[thopkins22]

I was there today. Narcotics raid. Asked for additional patrol officers before they went in, not for the raid but for perimeter.

Only one life flight but I’m not sure if both critical officers were on board. Three ambulances. I know the last guy to report that he was hit was not serious at all. The radios were getting hot for a long time before he spoke up that it was actually five officers shot. Definitely shut down the highways to get them to Memorial Hermann(which is strange because Ben Taub has a level 1 trauma center and was closer.)

Cartel related...not sure why 4:30 was the right time for kicking doors...but I’m sure there was a reason because it wasn’t exactly planned in advance.

[Wake27]

Cartel related...

I wish I could be shocked about that.


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[thepatriot2705]

I’m sure there was a reason because it wasn’t exactly planned in advance.

Build the wall and secure the border already. Hope those officers pull through.

On a side note, my tinfoil hat was tingling. There have been 9 mass shootings where 3 or more have died so far this year. Amazing how we get an uptick of violence when dems take any power (in this case, the house).

The fact it wasn’t exactly planned has my tinfoil hat in over drive. I apologize if the ladder part of my post is insensitive.

[SteyrAUG]

I remember when Carter imported what would become the Cuban mafia back in 1980 and a three way "drug war" between them, Columbian suppliers and established Italians like Trafficante broke out over control of the drug trade and Miami became the murder capital of the world several years running.

The Cubans were unorganized and making it up as they went along.
The Columbians were more organized but still trying to understand how things are done and get established.
The Italians had been established since the 60s, some say the 50s, and for a long time in the 70s didn't even understand there was a new product on the market and some competition.

What they all had in common is they didn't have a plan except for violence and a "own your corner" mentality. The shit coming up from Mexico, by contrast, is very organized and has a definite game plan and lots of force in place. And this is why it means nothing to them to light up a crew of cops in the middle of the day.

For all the scarface wannabes in South Florida during the 80s, most knew "you can't kill cops", "you can't kill civies" and do your best to keep internal conflicts under the radar and off the news. Mexicans by contrast simply DGAF and it's going to be a different drug war.

[Vandal]

I was there today.

Joe Gamaldi straight crushed it with his statement, I wish every association president would speak like that to the media. Sounds like all of the good guys will eventually pull through.