Overview
- Officers stopped a driver for a traffic violation around 1:40 a.m. in the 4700 block of Tidwell Road in northeast Houston.
- Police determined the driver had an outstanding felony warrant, a struggle followed, a Taser was used, and an officer then fired a gun.
- The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition, and two passengers in the vehicle were not injured.
- HPD’s Homicide Division, Internal Affairs, and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office are conducting concurrent investigations.
- Officials have not said whether the man was armed or whether the same officer used both the Taser and the gun, and they have not released his identity.