According to HPD Chief Troy Finner, the suspect was accused of pulling a gun on a manager of a northwest Houston business before burning the place down.
A Houston police officer opened fire at an armed suspect on Monday afternoon in the city's Westbranch neighborhood, HPD said.Two officers serving a warrant on a man accused of setting a business on fire shot the suspect to death inside a northwest Houston home on Monday afternoon, police said.
According to preliminary information in the post, the officers discharged their weapons at an armed suspect, who was later pronounced dead at the scene. Police reported no injuries to officers. According to Finner, police received an exposure call at the same home at 11:25 a.m., to which Northwest Division officers responded. The Major Offenders Division and Northwest officers contacted each other, with the surveillance team advising the patrol units about the operation. The Northwest Division officers backed off, and the surveillance continued.Then, at 4:20 p.m., Finner said the Major Offenders Division officers began surrounding the house and identified themselves.
No one else was in the house. Police didn't immediately identify the suspect but said that he was accused of pulling a gun on a manager of a nearby business before burning the place down.
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