BLOW IT OUT,
BREAKING RIGHT NOW, A DEPUTY
CONSTABLE STILL FIGHTING TO STAY
ALIVE AFTER HE WAS SHOT FOUR
TIMES OVERNIGHT.
DEPUTY CONSTABLE, THE MAN IN
THE MIDDLE, IS A FIELD TRAINING
OFFICER AND AN 11-YEAR VETERAN
AT PRECINCT 7.
HE WAS AMBUSHED AND SHOT AFTER A
TRAFFIC STOP IN THE THIRD WARD.
WE WILL HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON
THIS STILL BREAKING STORY.
CHANNEL 2'S ANOUSHAH RASTA IS
LIVE IN THE THIRD WARD AND HALEY
HERNANDEZ IS OUTSIDE MEMORIAL
HERMANN HOSPITAL WAITING FOR
UPDATES ON HIS CONDITION.
WE BEGIN WITH ANOUSHAH RASTA AND
THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION.
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
A SPOKESPERSON WITH HARRIS
COUNTY PRECINCT 7 SAYS THE
ATTACK ON THE DEPUTY WAS
COMPLETELY UNPROVOKED.
THEY ARE NOW QUESTIONING A
PERSON WHO MATCHES THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT, BUT
POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT
IT IS IN FACT THE GUNMAN.
DEPUTY CONSTABLE ALLEN CLOCKTON
FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE IN THE
HOSPITAL AFTER SOMEONE AMBUSHED
HIM ON THE JOB AND GUNNED HIM
DOWN.
I CAN SAY THAT HE WAS SHOT
MULTIPLE TIMES.
Reporter: IT HAPPENED LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT NEAR THIS
CONVENIENCE STORE IN THE THIRD
WARD.
POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES
SPENT HOURS COLLECTING EVIDENCE
FROM THE AREA.
MOMENTS BEFORE THE SHOOTING, THE
HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS
DEPUTY CLOCKTON AND HIS PARTNER
HAD JUST WRAPPED UP A TRAFFIC
STOP.
WE'RE TOLD CLOCKTON WALKED OVER
TO HIS PARTNER'S CAR TO TALK TO
HER THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW ON
THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEN SOMEONE
CAME UP TO HIM FROM BEHIND AND
STARTED SHOOTING.
SHE HEARD MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS
AND SAW HER PARTNER HAD BEEN
STRUCK.
Reporter: HIS PARTNER
IMMEDIATELY GOT OUT OF HER CAR
TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
FEARING FOR HER SAFETY AND
THAT OF HER PARTNER, WHO HAD
ALREADY BEEN SHOT, SHE RETURNED
FIRE.
Reporter: BUT THE GUNMAN GOT
AWAY UNHARMED.
RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WHO CAME
BY THE CONVENIENCE STORE THE
NEXT MORNING SAY THEY HEARD THE
GUNSHOTS.
I STAYED INSIDE 'CAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO GO OUT 'CAUSE IT'S
GETTING DANGEROUS AND DANGEROUS
EVERY NIGHT.
IT'S LIKE THAT EVERY NIGHT
AROUND HERE.
IT'S KIND OF THAT AREA AROUND
HERE.
IT'S LIKE A BAD NEIGHBORHOOD.
Reporter: A MAN MATCHING THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE GUNMAN SHOWED
UP AT A FIRE STATION NEARBY AND
INVESTIGATORS DETAINED HIM FOR
QUESTIONING.
POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THAT
PERSON'S NAME AT THIS POINT.
NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
LIVE IN THE THIRD WARD, ANOUSHAH
RASTA, KPRC CHANNEL 2 NEWS.
THANKS SO MUCH.
FELLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT, FAMILY
AND FRIENDS ARE SHOWING THEIR
SUPPORT AT MEMORIAL HERMANN
HOSPITAL AFTER HE UNDERWENT
HOURS OF SURGERY.
CHANNEL 2'S HALEY HERNANDEZ LIVE
IN THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER
KEEPING WATCH AS WELL.
ANY UPDATES ON HIS CONDITION?
Reporter: YEAH.
WE JUST SPOKE TO THE FAMILY.
IN THIS CASE THE FELLOW FAMILY
AND FRIENDS HAPPENS TO BE HIS
BIOLOGICAL FAMILY AND HIS
BROTHER WAS JUST TELLING US THAT
HE IS SEDATED AND ON A BREATHING
TUBE AND A FEEDING TUBE.
HE SAYS THAT IF YOU SAY
SOMETHING TO HIM, HE WILL OPEN
HIS EYES.
SO THE FAMILY IS THANKFUL THAT
THEY NOW BELIEVE HE WILL MAKE A
FULL RECOVERY.
HE UNDERWENT A LONG SURGERY
OVERNIGHT TO REMOVE FOUR BULLETS
THAT STRUCK HIM WHEN SOMEONE
OPENED FIRE ON HIM AT A TRAFFIC
STOP EARLY THIS MORNING.
BUT HE'S NOW IN ICU.
WE HAVE GOOD NEWS.
DEPUTY CLOCKTON IS OUT OF
SURGERY.
HE'S IN CRITICAL CARE, BUT HE'S
DOING WELL.
Reporter: CONSTABLE WALKER
SAYS HE IS MOVING TO THE
CRITICAL CARE SECTION FOR
RECOVERY.
THAT'S SURPRISINGLY OPTIMISTIC
NEWS SINCE HE WAS SHOT AT SIX
TIMES.
ONE WAS IN THE CAR AND ONE
WAS TOWARDS THE GROUND.
FOUR OF THEM HIT HIM.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO REMOVE --
THEY DIDN'T REMOVE THEM, BUT
THEY WERE ABLE TO REPAIR
EVERYTHING.
Reporter: SHE SAYS THE
RESERVE DEPUTY WHO WAS WITH HIM
FEELS BAD SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO
CATCH THE SUSPECT, BUT SHE WAS
NOT STRUCK AND IS DOING WELL.
WE WERE THE ONLY CAMERAS TO GET
A BRIEF STATEMENT AS SHE
APPROACHED THE HOSPITAL.
I'M FINE.
THANK YOU.
Reporter: NOW THE DEPUTY
CONSTABLE'S FAMILY WHO ALSO HAS
STRONG TIES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
ARE INSIDE THE HOSPITAL WITH
HIM.
HIS WIFE IS ACTUALLY A SHERIFF'S
DEPUTY.
HE HAS FIVE CHILDREN AND WE WERE
ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THE DEPUTY
CONSTABLE WAS WEARING HIS BULLET
PROOF VEST.
THEY ARE CREDITING THAT WITH
SAVING HIS LIFE.
REPORTING LIVE IN THE MEDICAL
CENTER, HALEY HERNANDEZ, KPRC
CHANNEL 2 NEWS.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE
WITH THE FAMILY ON THIS ONE.
THANKS SO MUCH.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK
RELEASED A STATEMENT ON THE
SHOOTING OF DEPUTY CONSTABLE
CLOCKTON AND SAYS PLEASE JOIN
JAN AND ME IN PRAYING FOR THE
FULL RECOVERY OF THESE BRAVE MEN
WHO PUT ON A BADGE TO PROTECT US
EVERY DAY.
THE TARGETING OF POLICE MUST END
IN AMERICA.
DEPUTY CONSTABLE CLOCKTON
COMES FROM A FAMILY OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.
WE LEARNED EARLY THIS MORNING
HIS WIFE ACTUALLY WORKS FOR THE
HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.