HPD officer shot in the back after traffic stop

[TexasTowelie]

Source: Houston Chronicle

A Houston police officer is expected to remain in the hospital overnight and possibly for a few days more after he was shot in the Midtown area.

Officer Terry Smith, 47, was listed in stable condition late Tuesday after surgery at Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.

Smith, an HPD motorcycle officer, was shot in the back about 6 p.m. Tuesday following a traffic stop in the 4200 block of Main, authorities said.

Police said they don't know who shot the 20-year HPD veteran or why.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/HPD-officer-reportedly-shot-in-Midtown-area-6317355.php

[Purveyor]

1. Sounds like protective vests earned their sweat, indeed. eom

[TexasTowelie]

3. Nope,

One team is National League while the other is American League, but baseball is the sport that I don't have much interest in watching.

[TexasTowelie]

5. Oops,

they are on top of the AL West. I don't remember when they were moved into the same division.

I watch football, basketball, hockey, soccer, lacrosse and even figure skating; but, baseball and tennis do nothing for me.

[Lobo27]

6. Texas teams need more titles, Spurs can't have all titles.

Rangers 2 failed WS tries. I was 10 last time the Cowboys won a title, and my beloved Stars will bounce back on day.

[rocktivity]

7. "Police don't believe the traffic stop played any role in the shooting.

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The driver had already left and Smith was packing up his ticket book when a shot rang out."

I'm actually relieved to see that. Maybe they can determine how far away the shooter would have been by the angle of the bullet and where he was hit -- did the bullet go through him? Maybe it was a stray shot.


rocktivity