Leona Street officer-involved shooting suspect dead after firing at officer: HPD
HOUSTON - Houston police are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting on Friday near Downtown.
Executive Assistant Chief Ban Tien said officers received an assault in progress call with people screaming in the background. They arrived at an apartment complex in the 1200 block of Leona Street around 5:46 p.m.
When officers knocked at the door of the apartment, the suspect, a Black male, opened the door and began shooting at HPD officers, police say.
Officers reportedly fired back, hitting the man. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
There was a woman inside the apartment, and she was not injured. Victim services were called to provide some resources to the woman in the apartment complex at the time.
The officers involved were not injured. HPD identified the officers who discharged their duty weapons as Officers T. Kang and D. Samaniego, who were sworn in as officers in August 2021 and January 2024, respectively.
HPD internal affairs division detectives are investigating, and as protocol, the officers will be placed on administrative duty while the investigation is ongoing.