{"id":411667,"date":"2025-11-29T00:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T00:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/411667\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T00:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T00:08:13","slug":"man-dead-in-n-houston-officer-involved-shooting-died-from-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/411667\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dead in N. Houston officer-involved shooting died from self-inflicted gunshot wound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 A suspect in a family disturbance died after shooting himself after officers found him at a highway underpass on Houston\u2019s northside. An officer also fired his weapon during the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Houston Police Department said the incident happened in the 1400 block of E. Crosstimbers Street.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to Assistant Chief Luis Menendez, officers were called at 12:54 p.m. to a family disturbance at a home off Jensen Drive where someone had stolen a vehicle and a gun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">They later learned family members found the vehicle on Crosstimbers, but were unable to locate the weapon or the man who had taken it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HPD Commanders and PIO en route to officer involved shooting scene at 1400 E Crosstimbers Street. Suspect is deceased at the location. <\/p>\n<p>No officers were injured. Further information at the scene. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HouNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#HouNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8xZJATzXAD\">pic.twitter.com\/8xZJATzXAD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Houston Police (@houstonpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/houstonpolice\/status\/1994495275319296322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Menendez said officers began looking for the suspect and found him at the highway underpass at the Hardy Toll Road and Crosstimbers Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">As officers approached, Menendez said the suspect pulled out a pistol and pointed it at his head. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officers pleaded with the man to put the gun down and to not harm himself, but the suspect shot himself and died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At the same time the suspect fired, one of the officers fired a single round at the suspect. It is unclear if the suspect was hit by the officer\u2019s round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Multiple agencies are investigating the incident and the officer-involved shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 A suspect in a family disturbance died after shooting himself after officers found him at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":411668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4219,4345,35785,101,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-411667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-officer-involved-shooting","11":"tag-shooting","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115630080617570135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}