Harris County crime: Suspect fatally shot by task force in east Harris County
HARRIS COUNTY - Members of the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force fatally shot a suspect in East Harris County Wednesday morning.
Preliminary reports indicate that a suspect had been shot in the 14600 block of Lourdes.
Authorities later revealed the task force was in the area conducting surveillance on the suspect, who was a wanted fugitive for five sexual assaults on a child. When they saw the suspect, task force members from the Marshals and HCSO approached him and he got in a vehicle and produced a weapon. Authorities then shot the suspect upon seeing the gun.
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There were no reported injuries to law enforcement personnel.
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The incident is currently under investigation.