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HPD officer shoots armed suspect on Cavalcade
Houston police are investigating after an armed suspect was shot by an officer on Thursday night.
HOUSTON - An investigation is now underway following an officer-involved shooting on Cavalcade Street on Thursday night, authorities said.
Officials said the shooting occurred at 1700 Cavalcade Street where authorities responded to a call from a passerby saying a person was waving a handgun in traffic.
When officers arrived, they located a male person of interest, and he was walking away from them.
Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz said in a news briefing that as the man walked away, authorities were giving verbal commands to stop.
The person of interest then showed a pistol, and four officers discharged their weapons, according to Diaz.
Diaz said the man was struck one time in the torso, and ran into a wooded area down the train tracks where he was found with a pistol in his waist.
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The man was taken to the hospital and is said to be in stable condition at the moment.
No officers were injured in the incident, Diaz said.
The HPD chief reports the man was reported to have shot the weapon near someone's home.