Houston police officer fatally shot responding to call on his way to work
By Joshua Rhett Miller, New York Post November 10, 2020
A Houston police officer was fatally shot while responding to a call for help on his way to work, department officials said.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said Sgt. Sean Rios, a 47-year-old father of four, was fatally wounded Monday afternoon as he responded to a call of shots fired at an intersection in north Houston, KSAT reported.
Rios, a 25-year department vet, traded gunfire with a suspect and was struck in the exchange, prompting him to run for help at a nearby motel, where he died just after paramedics arrived.
Acevedo told reporters two vehicles were involved in the shooting — a blue Mercedes that was later seized by police and a black pickup truck — while promising that a “heavily tattooed” suspect in his mid- to late 30s would be tracked down by authorities, CNN reported.
“We’re going to capture you,” Acevedo said. “So, do yourself a favor and turn yourself in because we are going to catch you. We have leads and we’re going to catch you. And the best thing you can do if you know this person is have them turn themselves in or call the police, so we have no more bloodshed.”
No arrests had been made in the ongoing investigation as of early Tuesday, a Houston police spokeswoman told The Post.
Rios is the fourth Houston officer killed in the line of duty since December and the second in the last three weeks, according to CNN.
“We will never forget him and will see his 4 children, family and friends through this painful loss,” Acevedo tweeted.
Rios’ body was escorted late Monday to a medical examiner’s office, where fellow officers paid their respects during a tribute to him, video shows.
But just let the Houston police shoot the killer in a shootout with the gutter scum and the media and the Left will scream in outrage. Well the hell with them. It’s time the good people of America stop worrying about what the Left and the media (but I repeat myself) think of us. They are admitted enemies of America. – The Liberator