HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Houston police officer was shot at a gas station in southeast Houston Wednesday morning while conducting a traffic stop, police said.

According to police, the shooting happened at about 11:20 a.m. at 14800 Gulf Freeway near Astoria.

Houston police Chief Troy Finner said the officers were conducting a traffic stop on a suspect who had an active warrant out for his arrest. Once the officers stopped the suspect, they asked him to get out of the car. A few words were exchanged and as the suspect got out of the car he began firing at the officers.

At that point, the officers fired back at the suspect and shot him multiple times. The suspect was taken to the hospital in critical condition, Finner said.

One of the officers suffered an injury in the pelvis and a minor injury to the chest. Finner credits the officer's ballistic vest and flashlight for saving his life.

The second officer was not injured in the shooting.

The name of the suspect has not been released but Finner described the suspect as a white man between 23 to 25 years of age.

SkyEye video showed a heavy police presence at the Exxon gas station at the intersection, and bullet holes in the windshield of a black pickup truck parked at a pump.

At the scene, ABC13 reporter Erica Simon saw a handgun and shell casings on the ground outside the truck.

Source : https://abc13.com/houston-police-officer-shot-southeast-shots-fired-exxon-gas-station-hpd-shooting/11817608/

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Two people were killed and a third person was hospitalized during a shooting in northwest Houston on Saturday morning, according to police.

At about 8:10 a.m., Houston Police Department officers said they received a call from a passerby who allegedly saw a man aggressively waving a gun near an Exxon in the 1300 block of Neiman Lane.

Upon arrival, HPD Lt. Mark Contreras said the man "blurted out that he killed a few people," including his cousin.

Police arrested a man, who is believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s, and recovered a gun at the scene.

Investigators said the man appeared to be mentally impaired.

About a block away from where the man was spotted, officers said they found two men and one woman who were shot.

The woman and one of the men died from their gunshot wounds, according to police.

The other man who was shot was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition, Contreras said.

Police describe the scene to be about an acre of land with large shipping containers in a wooded area.

Another man who was asleep inside one of those containers at the time of the shooting was detained, but police say the man was unaware of what was happening.

Investigators believe multiple people live inside these containers. It is unclear if the suspect lives there too.

Source : https://abc13.com/deadly-shooting-near-an-exxon-man-arrested-woman-killed/12193787/