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Harris
County
Medical
Examiner
van
exits
the
Memorial
Hermann
Hospital
transporting
a Harris
County
Pct. 4
deputy
who was
shot and
killed
to the
Harris
County
Institute
of
Forensic
Sciences,
Saturday,
Oct. 16,
2021, in
Houston.
Three
constable
deputies
were
shot in
an
ambush
early
Saturday
morning
while
working
an extra
shift at
a
Houston
bar.
Authorities
took one
person
into
custody
but were
still
searching
for a
man
believed
to be
the
shooter,
Houston
Police
Executive
Assistant
Chief
James
Jones
told
reporters.
(Marie
D. De
Jesús/Houston
Chronicle
via AP) |
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Harris
County
Precinct
4
Constable
Lt.
Dimitrios
Fragkias
exits
the
Harris
County
Institute
of
Forensic
Sciences
area in
Houston,
Saturday,
Oct. 16,
2021.
Three
constable
deputies
were
shot in
an
ambush
early
Saturday
morning
while
working
an extra
shift at
a
Houston
bar.
Authorities
took one
person
into
custody
but were
still
searching
for a
man
believed
to be
the
shooter,
Houston
Police
Executive
Assistant
Chief
James
Jones
told
reporters.
(Marie
D. De
Jesús/Houston
Chronicle
via AP) |
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Police:
1 deputy
killed,
2
wounded
in
ambush
at
Houston
bar
apnews.com
HOUSTON
- A man
with an
AR-15-style
rifle
ambushed
three
constable
deputies
outside
a
Houston
bar
early
Saturday,
killing
one and
leaving
two
others
wounded,
authorities
in Texas
said.
Authorities
detained
one
person
near the
scene
but he
is not
believed
to be
the
shooter,
according
to the
Houston
Police
Department
which is
investigating
the
shooting.
The
constable
deputies
were
working
extra
security
jobs at
the 45
Norte
Sports
Bar when
two of
them
responded
to a
witness’
report
of a
suspected
robbery
outside
the
business
around
2:15
a.m.,
according
to
Harris
County
Precinct
4
Constable
Mark
Herman.
The two
deputies
were
trying
to
arrest
someone
when
another
person
ambushed
them,
Herman’s
office
said in
a
statement
posted
on
Facebook.
That man
had an
AR-15-style
rifle
and
opened
fire on
them
from
behind,
according
to
authorities.
The
third
deputy
was shot
when he
came to
help.
One of
the
first
deputies
who was
shot,
Kareem
Atkins,
died
from his
wounds,
according
to the
constable’s
office.
Atkins,
30,
recently
returned
to work
after
parental
leave
and
leaves
behind a
wife and
2-month-old
baby,
the
statement
said.
The
constable’s
office
identified
the
other
deputies
as
Darrell
Garrett,
28, and
Juqaim
Barthen,
26.
Garrett
was shot
in the
back and
was in
intensive
care
after
undergoing
surgery.
The
office
did not
provide
an
update
on
Barthen’s
condition,
but
Herman
previously
had told
reporters
that he
was shot
in the
foot.
It was
not yet
clear
whether
the
deputies
returned
fire,
Houston
Police
Executive
Assistant
Chief
James
Jones
told
reporters.
Constables
are
licensed
peace
officers
who
perform
various
law
enforcement
functions,
according
to the
Texas
Association
of
Counties.
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This
version
corrects
the name
of the
bar.
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