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Kingwood

A homeowner was shot at by HPD officer after being mistaken for an armed intruder
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A homeowner was shot at by HPD officer after being mistaken for an armed intruder

A homeowner had a close call after he was mistaken to be an intruder by a Houston Police officer responding to a panic alarm. https://youtu.be/eBhml_oQpEk According to Assistant Chief P. Cantu of the Houston Police Department, a panic alarm went off at the homeowner's home at 10:50 p.m. Ten minutes later, officers with the Houston Police Department arrived at the residence located in the 5500 block of August Hill Drive in Kingwood, TX at 11 p.m. EMS was already at the scene. The officers knocked on the front door but did not hear a response. They went around to the back of the house to check the backyard and the perimeter. At one point, the officer noticed a man inside the home that pointed a gun at them. One of the responding officers, thinking it was an intruder, then disc...
Man fatally shot during an altercation at King’s Cove Luxury Apartments in Kingwood, TX
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Man fatally shot during an altercation at King’s Cove Luxury Apartments in Kingwood, TX

A man was fatally shot during what police believe was an altercation at King's Cove Luxury Apartments in Kingwood (4920 Magnolia Cove) Texas. According to Lt. Issac Jefferson with the Houston Police Department, the man was found by officers who were responding to a report of a shooting, on a sidewalk between two apartment buildings in the complex. He was pronounced deceased on the scene. It is unclear what led up to the shooting but Lt. Jefferson stated that he was in an apartment with two other males and a female before an altercation broke out inside the upstairs apartment. Two of the males came downstairs and continued the altercation. One of the males pulled out a handgun and shot the other male in the chest. Lt. Jefferson stated they have several witnesses and one suspe...