Harris County investigation on Westgreen: Chase suspect in custody after barricade situation
A suspect who allegedly threatened his ex-wife was taken into custody after leading deputies on a chase, pointing a gun at them, and barricading himself in a car for 20 minutes, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office says.
Authorities say no one was injured in the incident that ended in the 1300 block of Westgreen on Thursday morning.
The incident actually began around 8 a.m. two miles away. The sheriff’s office says deputies responded to a report from a woman who said her ex-husband had threatened her life and displayed a weapon. He reportedly told her that he wouldn’t go back to jail and would have to be killed, authorities say.
He wasn’t at the scene when deputies arrived. They began to search the area and located the suspect’s vehicle in a retail parking lot.
Deputies approached the vehicle, but the suspect evaded and displayed a weapon, the sheriff’s office says. A pursuit ensued.
The pursuit came to an end about a mile away, at the location on Westgreen, when the suspect crashed into a water main. Deputies established a perimeter.
A chase came to an end on Westgreen near the Katy Freeway.
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The sheriff’s office says they tried to communicate with the suspect, but he refused to talk and barricaded himself in the vehicle.
On two separate instances, the sheriff’s office says the suspect pointed a gun at deputies, and deputies fired shots. One deputy discharged their weapon the first time, and three deputies discharged their weapon the second time, officials say. No injuries were reported to the deputies or the suspect.
After about 20 minutes from the end of the pursuit, the suspect came out of the vehicle and was taken into custody, authorities say.
According to the sheriff’s office, the suspect already had an open warrant for terroristic threat stemming from another incident at the same initial address the night before.