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| Houston police officer dead, 1 hurt; illegal immigrant suspect in custody |
| 2020-10-21 |
| [FoxNews] An illegal immigrant from El Salvador was in custody Tuesday after one Houston police officer was shot and killed and another wounded at a southwest Houston apartment complex, authorities said. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo confirmed the arrest and officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) later told Fox News that the suspect was in the U.S. illegally. The slain officer was identified as Sgt. Harold Preston, a 41-year veteran of the force. The wounded officer, identified by Mayor Sylvester Turner as Courtney Waller, is a three-year veteran of the department who was shot in an arm. He was expected to recover. The suspect was identified as Elmer Rolando Manzano-Martinez, 51. ICE officials identified him as a "convicted criminal alien who is unlawfully present in the U.S." Following his arrest Tuesday, ICE officials from the agency's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) unit placed an immigration detainer with the Harris County Sheriff's Office, ICE said in a statement. A bystander came to Waller's aid and escorted him to safety in front of the apartment complex, Acevedo said. The man then went back and grabbed Waller's gun, which fell on the ground a short distance away, wrapped it in a towel and handed it to other responding officers, the chief said. Police said Manzano-Martinez was shot in the abdomen area and was stable. He was expected to be charged with murder, Acevedo said. Acevedo said the officers were responding to a domestic violence call around 8:15 a.m. Manzano-Martinez's estranged wife told Preston, 65, Waller and another officer that she was moving out of the apartment and needed to get some items inside. Manzano-Martinez's 14-year-old son was with his mother and the officers in a parking lot for an hour before the teen opened the door to the unit just before 9:30 a.m. He saw his father with a firearm and teen warned the officers before Manzano-Martinez fired multiple rounds in their direction, Acevedo said. Preston was hit multiple times, including more than once in the head. He was moved to safety by other officers. Manzano-Martinez surrendered after barricading himself inside the apartment. Police officers responded to the unit twice over the weekend for domestic violence issues, Acevedo said. He was unsure if any weapon was recovered Tuesday. Acevedo told reporters that Manzano-Martinez has long criminal history. In 2002, he was charged with evading police, for which he received 120 days in jail, Houston's KPRC-TV reported. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 Shooter was released without charge earlier by Soros backed DA Kim Ogg |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-21 21:22 |
| #1 A sargeant two weeks from retirement. -crap- |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2020-10-21 12:10 |