Overview
- Officer Jake Parker was shot in the shoulder late Saturday near Gessner and Hempstead while driving to work, then drove to the Northwest substation and was hospitalized in stable condition.
- Court documents charge Homero Reyes, 23, with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and note he was described as too intoxicated to drive; his bail was set at $60,000.
- Two others from the vehicle were arrested on misdemeanors, with Diego Rosales accused of unlawful carry of a weapon and Cristian Marquez accused of drug possession.
- A magistrate said the charging record leaves unresolved who fired first and whether the shooter knew Parker was a police officer, with filings describing an exchange of gunfire.
- Hedwig Village officer Julie Buhs used a license-plate reader and tailed the suspect pickup, enabling HPD air and ground units to make arrests; in a separate case Sunday, Officer Joaquin Garza was stabbed downtown and his partner fatally shot the 27-year-old suspect as HPD reviews bodycam and seeks public video from the road-rage scene.