A Texas police officer is recovering after a robbery suspect was alleged to have shot her in the face throughout a high-speed chase early Saturday. The suspect died after a shootout with police, NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston reported.
Crystal Sepulveda, 29, a Missouri City police officer who has been with the pressure for 3 years, is alleged to have been shot in the face and a foot after she and different officers noticed a stolen automotive at a Houston gasoline station early Saturday, resulting in a high-speed chase, in accordance with KPRC and information publicized Saturday at a news conference hosted by Houston police.
The suspect — who police mentioned was armed with “two automatic guns with extended magazines,” in accordance with KPRC — crashed the automotive in entrance of a dwelling about 4 miles away and ran towards the yard earlier than he is alleged to have fired at the officers and struck Sepulveda.
Police transported Sepulveda to Memorial Hermann Medical Center in Houston, the place she was stable Saturday, police said.
The suspect ran away earlier than officers discovered him in the yard of a dwelling a block away, the place he is alleged to have “attempted to engage with officers,” KPRC reported.
Two Houston police officers, a Fort Bend County sheriff’s deputy and a Texas Department of Public Safety officer reportedly fired at the suspect, and every company will conduct its personal unbiased investigation, KPRC reported.
The Fort Bend County district lawyer’s workplace may also conduct an unbiased investigation, police mentioned at the news convention Saturday.
The suspect died later at a hospital, KPRC reported. The suspect, who was not publicly recognized, was 25 to 30 years outdated, police said at the news conference.
A fundraiser for Sepulveda established by the Missouri City Police Officers Association-Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #594 had raised $17,500 early Sunday night.