And again, this is.
McGowan St in the Midtown area and
as we approach 4:00 o'clock normally
we would probably see quite a bit
of traffic in and around this area,
so we understand now again that the three
officers who were shot they were taken
to Memorial Hermann Hospital again.
Their conditions are unknown.
Memorial Hermann in the Medical Center
typically where officers are taken.
If they've been harmed or injured
or shot in incidents like this.
This is the Third Ward and again this is
kind of right in the middle of our city.
This is the Midtown area,
McGowan Street, near Pants,
Emancipation Ave,
the 2100 block of McGowan St to be exact.
All we know about a suspect in this case
is that a person fled in a white Mercedes.
If you saw a little earlier era,
Levin was focusing on a Dodge Charger
with that had its hazard lights
on and there was a patrol car also
there it looked kind of abandoned,
so we are trying to piece all of this
together to understand exactly how this
came to be. But again, the suspect.
We've been told has fled the
scene and it looks like right now,
officers in this specific area are
just trying to lock everything down.
As you can see there some shattered
glass in that patrol vehicle.
The passenger side door is open.
You can see the broken glass.
We're going to clarify.
This is more the Third Ward area if
you're not familiar with this area,
maybe you've driven by Emancipation Park.
It is within a couple
of blocks of this scene.
Based on the map I'm looking at,
but again, right there there is
the scene that police tape is
surrounding a grey charger or Mustang.
It appeared to be I and now
I see a much wider shot,
but all we know right now about
this suspect is that white
Mercedes and it left this scene.
It looks like we have someone on
the phone right now. Steven Henson.
Yes, this is Steven.
Hi Steven, how are you?
I'm doing great. How are you
good? Can you tell us what you saw?
So I was working from home.
I was working in my kitchen and
then it sounded like there was some
type of crash down the road and
all of a sudden I started hearing
popping noises and then I didn't
think there was a gun gunshots.
But then all of a sudden it started
getting closer and it sounded about
50 rounds went off and I jumped
on the floor 'cause I went over to
the window and I saw the officers
running down and then I realized
that there was an officer down
right in front of my townhouse.
So this happened right in
front of the townhouse.
On on Hudson Street,
right in front of your town,
home on Hutchins St. Very scary.
What were you thinking when you were
kind of hearing and seeing all this
happened in front of your home?
Well, I saw that someone running
past that wasn't an officer,
and so I wasn't sure what was going on.
But then, right when I opened,
the door pops went off again and I just
dove down 'cause I just wasn't sure.
You know what was going to happen.
But but yeah, it was just kind of surreal.
And the community you live in
is that a large community of
townhomes or or a smaller one?
How would you describe
it? It's a large community.
There's probably 60 or more
townhomes in this community,
or where this happened.
So, Steven, you saw you said you
saw one officer on the ground?
Yeah, so there was an
officer right on the ground.
It looked like he got shot in the leg.
I'm not 100% sure.
It seemed like he was going to be OK,
but that was where on this street wear.
But you already have.
The officers were congregating,
and as you know, we've been told
that three officers were shot.
Did you happen to get a look at the
other two officers who who were injured?
No, I didn't see any other officers
that were injured that happened
to be right on this street.
How long would you say it took for a
response from officers fellow officers
after what you initially saw? I mean, the
response is pretty immediate.
They seemed like they had been
chasing him for a little bit
just for the amount of officers,
but it took about 15 minutes
for any EMS to arrive.
We're also being told that the suspect
left the scene in a white Mercedes.
Did you get a chance or did
you see that specific vehicle?
I did not see that specific vehicle.
It seemed to have already passed at that
point when I was looking out the window.
We're watching now from air 11
and it looks like police officers
have a lot of crime scene tape up.
They've kind of pushed people
back from the area, and since your
town home is in the middle of it,
have they come and knocked on your door yet?
Have they told you anything
as far as you know,
if your your safety is of concern,
if they're looking for anyone in the area.
It doesn't seem like they're looking
at for anyone in this community.
The tape is everything is pretty
much blocked off by cars right
in the middle where the tape is,
but as far as safety concerns,
just people talking to the officers.
It doesn't seem like this area
is an immediate safety concern.
Well, that's good to know that's
good for you guys and your neighbor.
You and your neighbors.
I should say you know this area.
This is midtown.
A lot of people,
you know drive through here,
especially during their evening commute.
Is it typically you know
high traffic or busy in this
neighborhood in front of your home.
So it will be this area
is considered dirt work.
This is on the other side of 59,
so this street there's a lot of newer
townhomes, so it's it's. It's never.
Safety has never been an issue.
There's you know,
there's a large community of.
There are people that live around here,
but it's it's never been a
concern as far as safety goes.
If you go a few more blocks certain ways,
it gets a little bit more.
Concerning,
but as far as this Community area,
it's a pretty safe place.
I know all of this has happened,
you know and unfolded in the
last few minutes what at round.
What time did you start hearing?
A lot of this unfold outside your home?
Probably when we see the time this happened,
at least you know as far as time goes.
I'm trying to think, but this was.
About 30-40 minutes ago.
It could be off on that time.
Everything happens so quickly.
But you know in this.
This area was sworn by
police officers policewoman.
And then pretty quickly so.
Alright, so maybe just
after 3:00 o'clock today,
'cause we're approaching 4:00 o'clock.
So all of this happening in the last hour.
Have you had a chance? You know,
to text neighbors or talk to neighbors
about what they saw and heard.
So we've all we all heard the same thing.
The people work or working from home
around here and we all came up to there.
We have rooftop deck decking and
so we all came up to the rooftop
when it was right after it was
happening and he just spoke.
We all heard pretty much the
same thing that I told you guys.
Alright Steven Hinch, thank you so
much and anything else you can tell us
that you saw or heard in the last hour.
I mean everything I told you was
pretty much what I heard and saw so.
Steven, thank you so
much. David Hinson. Thank you so much
for joining us here on KHO 11 news
and glad you're safe and
glad your neighbors are safe.
So thank you very much for
taking the time to speak with us.