Posted on 01/29/2019 10:07:53 AM PST by bgill
Houston police have identified the two suspects accused of firing at officers as they served a narcotics warrant at a home in southeast Houston on Monday. Rhogena Nicholas, 58, and Dennis Tuttle, 59, were killed during the shootout with police at the house at 7800 Harding. Four officers were shot and another suffered a knee injury. HPD Police Chief Art Acevedo released more information at a press conference Tuesday morning about how the shooting unfolded. All of the officers involved are undercover narcotics officers. Their names will not be released. Acevedo said the first officer that went through the door had a shotgun and was immediately charged by a large pit bull. The officer shot the dog and killed it. At the same time, Tuttle came from around the back and opened fire with a .357 Magnum revolver, hitting the first officer in the shoulder. That's when Nicholas reached over the officer and started making a move for his shotgun. Back-up officers fired at Nicholas, hitting her.
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She looks like a younger Nancy Pelosi
Praying for the swift recovery of all the officers.
When will this nightmare end?
Too bad they didn’t go in strong like Andrew Weissman and the FBI did on the dangerous fugitive Roger Stone.
Why were undercovers serving the warrants? I thought they usually used the tactical teams for that - to prevent exactly things like this from happening.
The chief is asking Congress for national action on gun violence. Problem solved.
If they are undercover they could have had gas company coveralls and gone in “because of a gas leak.” The criminals would probably just let them in and tie up the dog, then the officers just suddenly take them down.
Did the officers identify themselves adequately? Going in wearing black ninja costumes could have made the drug dealers think they were being robbed.
Also, looking over that story, I only see one shot being fired by the drug dealers, a .357 revolver to one officer’s shoulder. Were the rest of the injuries from friendly fire?
"Shortly before 5 p.m., narcotics officers arrived at the house after receiving a tip from a neighbor that the suspects were dealing drugs, including black tar heroin. When the officers entered the home, they immediately came under fire, Acevedo said."
They arrived after receiving a tip? How did the police enter this home? Did they knock on the door or did they just breach the door? Were these people given a chance to surrender to the police?
What stands out here is the story says all the officers were undercover drug enforcers. Where they in uniform when they went through the door? The story says the women shot one officer and the man tried to grab the shotgun from the first office through the door. That sounds more like a defensive action to me. This whole story sounds fishy.
Those Soviet 122mm A-19 field guns gained fame during the battle of Kursk for being able to knock out Panthers and Tigers. So the Soviets put them in late war heavy tanks and TDs.
Good thing the perps didn’t fire it.
Had enough of what?
I mean we are all concerned for the officers that have been shot. We also should be concerned about the two people who were killed. I'm not seeing a very good reason for the Police to have used a raid and force a confrontation that ended up with two citizens being killed without ever being charged with a crime and multiple officers being shot and put in grave danger.
Hate to say it but I smell a cover up already. I also smell a push for gun control and more police power.
We need to know. Did the police give these "suspected" drug dealers a chance to surrender? If not, why?
So, a gang wearing black and ski masks staged a home invasion style entry, and the residents exercised self defense?
Well, they should have know the home invaders were cops. They shot the dog, didn’t they?
Violent criminals as a man and woman couple nearly 60 years old?
The shooting started when the police shot the couple's dog, with a shotgun.
Then the man fired back with a revolver, hitting an officer.
It is not clear if the man were inside or outside.
Was this a no-knock raid?
Was there any announcement?
I hope this does not turn out as bad as it sounds.
The reclusive drug dealers who had few visitors.
Well, except for the constant stream of undercover cops buying "black tar heroin"...
Yeah, I'm not buying it.
Well, except for the line of undercover police officers buying "black tar heroin" stretching around the block, according to the police.
I'll bet the neighbors have gotten the word to keep their mouths shut about anything they know. ;-)
This reeks.
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