3 Houston police shot in wild car chase

 NY Post:

A gunman shot three cops in Houston in the middle of a wild car chase across the city that ended with him barricaded in a house on Thursday, police said.

The three wounded officers were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and in stable condition, authorities said in a media briefing.

“All three officers are in good spirits, all were talkative,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told reporters after meeting with the officers at Memorial Hermann Hospital.

The gunman was arrested after an hours-long standoff at a house in Houston’s Fifth Ward on Thursday night. He surrendered and walked out of the house with his hands raised at 7:45 p.m.

The suspect had a gunshot wound to the neck, officials said.

Police were called to a home on Trolley Street at 2:42 p.m. over an unspecified disturbance but a man inside spotted cops and ran out of the home. He sped away in a car before crashing at McGowen Street in the city’s Third Ward, Police Chief Troy Finner said.

As police got out of their vehicle, the man opened fire with what is believed to be an automatic weapon and struck the three officers, Finner said. One cop was hit in the leg, another in the arm, and the third in a foot, authorities said.

Police returned fire, then the man then carjacked a white Mercedes and sped off with other officers in pursuit. He eventually holed himself up in a house on Lockwood Avenue where he again exchanged gunfire with officers, Finner said.
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The lawyer that is appointed to defend him will likely have a challenging time negotiating a plea bargain.  There are several pictures of events at the link above.

See, also:

Six law enforcement officers shot across US in less than 48 hours as violent crime surges 

Two police officers were shot in St. Louis, a sheriff's deputy was shot in Milwaukee; and, three more police officers were shot in Houston