More violent crime here in Houston as a deputy was shot and killed this morning at a SW Houston shopping center.
According to our tv partner, KPRC 2, a deputy of the U.S. Marshal’s Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force was shot at 9333 Stella Link Road at around 11:30 a.m. this morning.
The deputy and his unit were serving a warrant on a violent offender in the parking lot. The suspect of the warrant opened fire from his car, and the deputy was shot and taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The male suspect is still on the run on foot, with multiple law enforcement agencies now involved in the frantic manhunt.
This is a developing story.