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LEARNING AFTER POSITIVE COVID- 19 CASES.
19 CASES.
19 CASES. >>> HELLO I'M RON TRE CONVENE
OWE.
OWE.
OWE. A
OWE. A DARK DAY FOR OUR CITY.
HEART BREAKING.
HEART BREAKING. THE HOUSTON POLICE CHIEF SAYS
HAROLD PRESTON WAS SHOT AND
KILLED AFTER RESPONDING TO A
DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALL NEAR
THE MEDICAL CENTER.
A SECOND OFFICER WOUNDED.
THE NEWS TEAM IS COVERING THIS
BREAKING NEWS.
BREAKING NEWS. WE HAVE CREWS AT THE HOSPITAL
AND THE CRIME SCENE AND OUR
INVESTIGATIVE TEAM SHOWS US HOW
IT UNFOLDED.
IT UNFOLDED. STARTING WITH GENTLEMEN NELL.
WE ARE MOURNING.
>> Reporter: SADLY HOUSTON LOST
ANOTHER HERO.
ANOTHER HERO. THEY SAY THAT DOCTORS DID
EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO SAVE
SERGEANT PRESTON'S LIFE BUT HIS
INJURIES WERE TOO SEVERE.
AT 65 YEARS OLD, HE DEDICATED
41 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO
PROTECTING OUR CITY.
THESE ARE PICTURES FROM HIS
FIRST FEW YEARS ON THE FORCE.
HE WAS CALLED A LEADER SAYING
THAT IS HOW HE SERVED OUR CITY
AND HOW HE LIVED HIS LIFE.
DOCTORS WERE ABLE TO KEEP HIM
ALIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SAY GOOD-
BYE TO HIS 23 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
AND HIS MOTHER.
THEY WERE BOTH BY HIS SIDE WHEN
HE DREW HIS LAST BREATH.
THEY WERE INSIDE THE HOSPITAL
WITH THE FAMILY AND KNOWN HIM
FOR MOST OF HER LIFE AND SAID
HE WAS SO CLOSE TO RETIRING.
>> AND I AM TOLD HE ACTUALLY
PLANNED TO WALK HIS RETIREMENT
PAPERS IN TODAY.
SO THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE SAD
THAT HE HAD DEDICATED 41 YEARS
TO THIS CITY AS A HOUSTON
POLICE OFFICER.
POLICE OFFICER. >> GOOD AS HE WAS A COP HE WAS
A BETTER HUMAN BEING.
THAT'S JUST THE GUY HE WAS.
WE ARE GOING TO MISS HIM.
>> Reporter: THE SERGEANT
PRESTON'S BODY WAS ESCORT TODAY
THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE.
EARLIER TODAY THE CHIEF SAID
THEY WILL BE PLANNING HIS
CELEBRATION OF LIFE IN TO
COMING DAYS.
COMING DAYS. >> THE DEATH OF A HERO.
THANK YOU GENTLEMAN NELL.
>>> THE HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER
INJURED WAS COURTNEY WALLER.
THE CHIEF SAID HE WAS SHOT IN
THE ARM AND EXPECTED TO
RECOVER.
RECOVER.
RECOVER. THEY ARE ASKING FOR PRAYERS
FROM THE COMMUNITY.
>>> ALL OF THIS STARTED WITH A
CALL OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
APARTMENT COMPLEX. MELISSA IS LIVE NEAR THE
MEDICAL CENTER.
MEDICAL CENTER. MELISSA.
MELISSA.
MELISSA. >> Reporter: SERGEANT HAROLD
PRESTON AND TWO OFFICERS PULLED
UP HERE AT 8:00 THIS MORNING.
SHE SAID HER HUSBAND LOCKED HER
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. HOUSTON POLICE CONFIRMED
OFFICERS HAD BEEN HERE OVER THE
WEEKEND FOR SIMILAR CALMS
BETWEEN THE COUPLE.
HOUSTON POLICE SAW WHEN THE
OFFICERS FIRST TALKED TO THE
WOMAN AND HER SON FOR ABOUT AN
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. AN
HOUR. AN HOUR LATER JUST BEFORE 9:30
THIS MORNING, THE TEEN USED HIS
KEYS TO UNLOCK THE DOOR.
THAT IS WHEN HE SAW HIS DAD
INSIDE THE APARTMENT WITH A
GUN.
GUN.
GUN. JUST
GUN. JUST AS SOON AS THE BOY ALERTED
COPS THEY CLAIM HE STARTED
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING. THE 14 YEAR OLD AND COURTNEY
WALL YOU ARE WERE SHOT IN THE
ARM.
ARM.
ARM. SERGEANT PRESTON WAS SHOT MELT
MILLION TIMES IN THE HEAD.
SHE WAS JUST STARTING HER DAY
WHEN SHE HEARD THOSE GUNSHOTS.
>> THE SHOTS WERE BIG LIKE.
THERE WAS -- I HEARD ABOUT SIX
BUT THEY SAID THERE WAS ABOUT
TEN.
TEN.
TEN. I'M
TEN. I'M NOT SURE.
ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, ROSS, HE
WAS HELPING AN INJURED OFFICER.
HE HAD BLOOD ON HIS SHOES.
IT WAS REALLY A COMOTION,
REALLY SCARY ACTUALLY.
>> Reporter: POLICE CHIEF WAS
CALLING THE NEIGHBOR A HERO.
HE SAID NOT ONLY DID HE HELP AN
OFFICER SECURE HIS TURN CUT THE
NEIGHBOR PULLED HIM TO THE
FRONT OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX
AND GRABBED HIS WEAPON.
HE WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN AND
DURING A STANDOFF WITH SWAT, HE
FINALLY SURRENDERED AROUND
10:30 THIS MORNING.
WE ARE TOLD AN ELDERLY WOMAN
WAS INSIDE THE APARTMENT WITH
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. SHE
HIM. SHE CAME OUT UNHARMED WE THINK.
INVESTIGATORS, RON, HAVE THEIR
HANDS FULL.
HANDS FULL. THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THAT
DOMESTIC INCIDENT AND THE SHOO
SHOOTING AND THREING TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING
INSIDE THE APARTMENT.
>> AS WE MENTIONED THE GUNMAN
WAS IDENTIFIED AS ELMER MORN
ZAHN KNOW.
ZAHN KNOW. HE WAS SHOT IN THE STOMACH.
WE WILL WORKING TO LEARN MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT HIM.
THEY SAY IT WAS NOT HIS FIRST
RUN IN WITH THE LAW.
HPD WERE AT HIS HOME FOR
MULTIPLE DISTURBANCE CALLS.
>>> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE
WERE FRANTIC CALLS FOR HELP
OVER THE RADIO CHANNELS.
JEREMY CONTINUES OUR TEAM
COVERAGE WITH THAT PART OF THE
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. >>
STORY. >> WE NEED AN AMBULANCE.
>> Reporter: THE DISSTRESS
CALLS TO DISPATCH CAME ONE
AFTER ANOTHER.
AFTER ANOTHER. >> I HAVE BEEN HIT.
SOMEBODY HELP ME.
JUST CALM DOWN.
WE ARE COMING TO YOU.
>> Reporter: THAT'S THE VOICE
OF OFFICER COURTNEY WALLER, HE
IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.
>> I HAVE BEEN HIT.
HE SHOT ME IN THE ARM.
>> Reporter: THE OUTLOOK WAS
SERIOUS FOR ANOTHER OFFICER WHO
ANSWERED THE CALL, SERGEANT
HAROLD PRESTON.
HAROLD PRESTON. >> I THINK PRESTON IS IN FRONT
OF THE APARTMENT.
HE IS DOWN.
>> Reporter: THEY RUSHED TO THE
SCENE HOPING TO HELP THEIR
FALLEN COMRADE MFUME.
>> WE HAVE K NINES COMING IF
YOU CAN DO A -- WAIT FOR A
TEAM.
TEAM.
TEAM. >>
TEAM. >> AS WE SAID OFFICERS WERE
ABLE TO GET PRESTON AWAY FROM
THE SCENE AND TO THE HOSPITAL.
A TRAGIC ENDING TO THE 41 YEAR
POLICE VETERAN'S CAREER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEREMY.
WE ARE ALL THINKING OF HIS
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMRADES
THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS AFTERNOON. FOX32 WILL CONTINUE STANDING
FOR HOUSTON BY SHARING
HIGHLIGHTS BY THE LONG CAREER