The Houston Police Department has dispatched command staff and its public information officer to the site of an officer-involved shooting located at 6300 N. Wayside Drive. Further details about the incident are currently being gathered as the investigation unfolds.
Police said EMS assistance was also needed for a 21-year-old woman who was shot by the suspect during the drive-by shooting, as per scanner report. More details are expected to be released as the investigation continues at the scene, according to police.
Officers opened fire on an armed suspect who was shooting at vehicles in the area, according to preliminary information from police. EMS teams are currently treating him at the scene, according to scanner reports . The suspect also fired at the officers before being shot. The suspect, a Black male believed to be in his 20s, was carrying out a drive-by shooting using an automatic long gun, as per police. He is now down and has been handcuffed.
