SWAT team in Texas tears open truck to arrest driver during highway standoff

E I’m not not are they shooting are they shooting inside there it looks as though that they may be using dummy bullets there goes the dog they pulled the dog there now the dog is inside this is coming to an end now finally let’s see if the

Dog as soon as the dog does its thing here with the driver then you’ll see there the officers are going in now again we don’t know whether the driver is conscious they’re going to try to go in from the uh driver’s side I’m going to pull back a little bit here

Because we don’t know exactly what’s going to happen is he hanging on can’t tell but it looks as though they’re having difficulty getting getting him out of the cab no I I I was just going to say it appears as though that he is resisting yeah they’ve now got him on the ground

And and he appears to be conscious uh let me pull out just a little bit here while they get this under control but they have finally got him out and it appeared as though that he was conscious

Police in Houston, Texas used an armored battering ram to pry open the cabin of an 18-wheeler to arrest the driver following an hours-long standoff on Wednesday (December 27).

Police stopped the truck, which was moving slowly along the East Freeway, but the driver refused to exit the vehicle, according to ABC Affiliate KTRK,

Using a heavy vehicle known as “rook”, police tore through the cabin’s window and passenger side door and used a police dog and gas canisters to subdue the driver. Aerial footage showed a SWAT team dragging the driver out of the cabin. The driver, whose face was covered in blood, was then placed on a gurney.

The main lanes of the East Freeway were shut down in both directions near Sheldon Road, trapping drivers in gridlock for hours, KTRK reported.

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11 comments
  1. That's not right to send a dog after someone who isn't armed or aggressive. If his seat belt was fastened then he's trapped in there being mauled to near death.

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