Houston officer-involved shooting: Man surrenders after SWAT standoff on Riptide Drive
Update: identified shooter
HOUSTON - The man who shot at police officers during a home visit on Saturday has been identified by Houston police as Juan Carlos Serrano Morales, 39.
Since the shooting, police have charged Morales with four counts of assault of a peace officer and assault of a family member.
According to officials, police responded to the assault call at 7702 Riptide Drive. Once officers arrived and announced their presence, Morales began shooting towards police.
Officers began shooting back towards the home and immediately set up in the area for the SWAT team to enter the home.
While in a stand-off with police, Morales let a 37-year-old woman along with two children leave the home. Police say the woman did suffer injuries and was taken to the hospital. The children were not injured.
Soon after, police say Morales came outside the home and was arrested.
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November 18: Active scene
Police are on the scene in southwest Houston after shots were fired at officers from inside a home.
Houston officers responded to a disturbance with a weapon call in the 7700 block of Riptide Drive around 8:34 p.m. involving a 39-year-old man, a 36-year-old woman, and two children ages 8 and 9.
HPD Executive Asst. Chief Larry Satterwhite when officers arrived and approached the front door of the home, the man shot from inside, through the door, officials say.
Police tried to establish communication with the man, but he made statements he wasn't going to surrender and alluded it might escalate to a further gunfight, according to Satterwhite.
However, the woman and two children were allowed to leave unharmed, but the woman was suffering injuries from the assault prior to officers arriving.
HPD Lieutenant Izaguirre says SWAT was called to the scene and negotiations went on with the male for a couple of hours. Officers also set up a perimeter to try to get the man inside to come out.
No one was injured, police say.
The man eventually surrendered and was arrested, Satterwhite said.