Overview

• On Feb. 3, 2024, Harris County deputies shot Eboni Pouncy five times after she and a friend broke a window to re-enter their Houston apartment.
• Body-camera footage released last year shows deputies peeking through the shattered window and firing dozens of rounds without announcing their presence.
• The federal suit, filed June 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, names Harris County, the sheriff’s office and deputies Christina Ray and Leslie Tovar as defendants.
• The complaint alleges excessive force, violations of Pouncy’s Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and argues the sheriff’s office lacked adequate de-escalation training.
• Pouncy seeks damages for medical expenses, permanent nerve damage, emotional distress and other injuries and the defendants have yet to respond or set a court date.