AFTERNOON OR OFFICERS WERE
ACTUALLY LET’S GO BACK TO BILL.
WHAT’S GOING ON?
>> WE HEARD LOUD BANGS KEITH MENTIONED FLASH BANGS, OFFICERS
MENTIONED FLASH BANGS, OFFICERS
OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY RAN TO
THEIR SUVS AND PATROL UNITS OPEN
THE TRUNK’S GOT GUNS OUT YOU CAN SEE A TROOPER JUST OVER THERE HE
SEE A TROOPER JUST OVER THERE HE
GRABBED HIS ASSAULT RIFLE AND
IMMEDIATELY MADE A BEELINE TO
THE AREA WHERE WE HEARD THE
BANKS. THIS THERE’S ANOTHER TROOPER
THIS THERE’S ANOTHER TROOPER
HERE, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING
IS GOING OFFICERS NOW THAT’S
GOING ON NOW AND OFFICERS ARE
PREPARING FOR THE BUT IT APPEARS THEY DO HAVE SOME KIND OF
THEY DO HAVE SOME KIND OF
SITUATION MAY BE A HOLDUP WITH A
SUSPECT WE ARE TRYING TO GATHER
INFORMATION BUT MOMENTS AGO WE
DID SEE SEVERAL OFFICERS RUNNING TO THE PATROL UNITS, POINTS OUT
TO THE PATROL UNITS, POINTS OUT
THEIR WEAPONS, YOU CAN SEE
ANOTHER ONE RIGHT HERE WE JUST
PULLED UP TO THE SCENE HE IS
GOING IN HIS TRUNK TO TRY TO GET
HIS BODY ARMOR AND HIS WEAPON AS
WELL. STILL WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
STILL WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT’S GOING ON BUT WE DID HEAR
THE FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE SOME
SORT OF STANDOFF WITH SOMEONE, WE DON’T KNOW IF IT’S A BUSINESS
WE DON’T KNOW IF IT’S A BUSINESS
WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT
AND YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LOOK
THERE YOU CAN SEE SOME PEOPLE
BEING EVACUATED WITH CHILDREN
RUNNING FROM THE AREA, IT’S A SERIOUS SITUATION HERE ON LYONS
SERIOUS SITUATION HERE ON LYONS
AND LOCKWOOD IN THE FIFTH WOULD,
ANOTHER OFFICER OVER HERE YOU
CAN SEE STATIONED THERE WITH HIS
GUN READY TO GO.
WERE TRYING TO GATHER INFORMATION AND WE WILL PASS IT
INFORMATION AND WE WILL PASS IT
ALONG TO YOU GUYS BUT FROM WHAT
WE CAN TELL PEOPLE ARE BEING AND
DIVERTING TRAFFIC AND ASKING
FOLKS INCLUDING OURSELVES TO KIND OF BACK UP A PRESUMABLY FOR
KIND OF BACK UP A PRESUMABLY FOR
WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IS A
STANDOFF HERE SOMEONE CONNECTED
TO THIS CASE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO GATHER
INFORMATION AS WE SCOOT BACK FOR SAFETY REASONS WILL GET BACK TO
SAFETY REASONS WILL GET BACK TO
YOU AND JUST A TAKE THAT AN
INCREDIBLE SCENE.
IS THERE ANY THAT YOU CAN GRAB
SOME OF THE FOLKS AROUND AND ASK THEM WHAT THEY’RE SEEING AND
THEM WHAT THEY’RE SEEING AND
HEARING WHAT THEY WERE TOLD BY
OFFICERS?
IF NOT PLEASE DESCRIBE MORE THE
PICTURE ARE INCREDIBLE,
DESCRIBED A BIT MORE ABOUT
WHAT’S HAPPENING OUT THERE, WE
SAW THE RUSH OF PEOPLE GETTING
PUSHED AWAY BY THE POLICE OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. >> THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED.
young lady to the man.
Just what what? What Channel 2
real quick you’ve been out
here. I’m trying to get a sense for what people are here right
for what people are here right
now. Holland, you’ve been out
here. What have you seen?
What have you heard. What I see, what we see me and my
see, what we see me and my
>> when we shop over
looked at looked at the one
that we just didn’t outside at
come out and give a and I don’t know what kind and India.
know what kind and India.
come out. What a truck came to
a stop in order for it to come It went this way in the other
It went this way in the other
one kept going
a male female we cannot with a with a male or a female.
with a male or a female.
What he would do and officers
We could know away the coffee
not seeing the
helicopter there.
>> So I could not. And then
over just the last few we’ve been here with you guys.
been here with you guys.
We’ve heard loud bangs and
we’ve we’ve seen officers sort
of running to their vehicles
want to thing can be heard.
I didn’t see, but I heard the shack.
>> may make a shot and who
We were able to get like a 5
way. Okay. Thank you so much. I get to safety. I think that
I get to safety. I think that
was one more black
can make. Okay. Thank you very
So again, A fluid situation
here. Officers arriving to the scene rushing to the scene.
scene rushing to the scene.
>> Weapons They’re going to the
trucks, pulling
their guns. And just die.
There’s multiple agencies here and in dozens and dozens
here and in dozens and dozens
of law enforcement officers on
scene with their body
armor us again. We’ve heard
some bangs a and officers
immediately running to the Web, to their cars to get the weapon
to their cars to get the weapon
show it appears from what we
can tell in our experience in
scenes like this that there is
somebody held up or somebody
that they are looking for. We can’t tell if that’s a
We can’t tell if that’s a
business or a house right now.
But they are evacuating law
enforcement is evacuating
residents from the area.
We saw family with that small
child running towards us. Officers have asked most people
Officers have asked most people
that were here at this Metro to
move a back just in Very
dangerous. A situation not board not just for the officers
board not just for the officers
but for the folks as we get
another look at the scene here.
But folks here that around this
area. They’re doing shopping
where the CVS parking lot.
There’s a walk and run across
the street. So a lot of foot traffic from just residents in
traffic from just residents in
this 5th Ward, a neighborhood
again, we’re on Lockwood an
Lots of traffic here trying
to law enforcement, try to get
everything under control,
trying to get folks to a safe distance as they tried to
safe distance as they tried to
to what appears to be a some
sort of standoff
We’re trying to figure out how that suspect is or how that
that suspect is or how that
person is connected to the
officers being shot. 3 Houston
police officers again, we
haven’t had a chance to.
We just got here and where does
this all sort of started in
went pretty quickly. we are going to work our way around
going to work our way around
and try to talk to officers,
try to talk to people wanting