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Judi Lynn

(160,780 posts) Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:44 PM Jul 2016

Man dead after officer-involved shooting in Houston [View all]

Source: KHOU-TV

Man dead after officer-involved shooting in Houston

USA Today Network
KHOU-TV, Houston 4:03 p.m. EDT July 9, 2016

HOUSTON — An officer-involved shooting left one man dead early Saturday morning in southeast Houston.

The incident occurred just before 1 a.m. Saturday on Cullen Boulevard near Ward Street. Police say two officers were on routine patrol, driving up Cullen Boulevard when they saw a man in the middle of the street armed with a revolver. The officers immediately came to a stop and stepped out of the vehicle.

Police then gave multiple commands to the man to drop the weapon, as did a witness standing next to him. According to police, the man pointed the gun up and then at the officers.

The officers both discharged their weapons and struck the man. Authorities say he died at the scene.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/07/09/man-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-houston/86892138/

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Man dead after officer-involved shooting in Houston [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2016 OP

Suicide by cop Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #1

unfortunately, that is what it sounds like still_one Jul 2016 #4

Oh jeez shenmue Jul 2016 #2

In the middle of the road waving a gun . Wow. I do wonder what he was thinking. yeoman6987 Jul 2016 #3

That's not far from University of Houston TexasBushwhacker Jul 2016 #5

multiple commands from police and bystander Skittles Jul 2016 #6

That's a ballsy bystander... NT Sand Rat Expat Jul 2016 #18

may have been a pal of his Skittles Jul 2016 #20

Could be. Probably was, now I think about it. Sand Rat Expat Jul 2016 #21

Unfortunate, TexasTowelie Jul 2016 #7

don't they all imply that? Skittles Jul 2016 #8

A guy I worked with with a hand gun on his front seat rusty quoin Jul 2016 #9

gun humpers always think guns make them safe Skittles Jul 2016 #10

The rest of us will just have to face the future resolutely, take what fate gives us, poor us. Judi Lynn Jul 2016 #11

they want everyone armed and paranoid Skittles Jul 2016 #12

But not as paranoid as you sound like. n/t oneshooter Jul 2016 #22

That's why the legally armed black man at the Dallas BLM rally handed over his Vinca Jul 2016 #13

Also, he realized the tactical advantage of an officer having the gun. Indydem Jul 2016 #15

It was unloaded. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2016 #16

It was reported that his brother made him hand over the gun to a cop because Vinca Jul 2016 #17

Absolutely! They wasted no time throwing up his photo on national TV as a potential accomplice! Judi Lynn Jul 2016 #19

Actually, gun murder rate is nearly 1/2 what it was in '93, 7962 Jul 2016 #14