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  • HPD SGT KILLED AFTER HARRIS COUNTY DA ORDERS SHOOTERS RELEASE TWO-DAYS AGO AND HIS BULLETS RETURNED TO HIM

    10/20/2020 8:22:31 PM PDT · by Mount Athos · 67 replies
    Montgomery County Police Reporter ^ | October 20 2020 | Scott Engle
    HPD Sergeant Harold Preston was killed in the line of duty today. Sgt. Preston has been with the Houston Police Department for 41-years and was due to retire at year-end. As tragic as that is, his death was 100% preventable. His partner also was shot and will survive his injuries. In addition, the shooters own 14-year-old son was shot. The suspect, Elmer Manzano, a convicted felon with multiple prior assaults on his record was in custody, detailed just a day before this tragedy occurred. On October 18, HPD Officers responded to a call from Mrs. Santos, stated that her ex-husband,...
  • Condemned killer spared by Texas governor

    08/31/2007 7:52:07 AM PDT · by Santa Fe_Conservative · 15 replies · 574+ views
    Austin American-Statesman ^ | 8/30/07 | MICHAEL GRACZYK
    HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Gov. Rick Perry, in a rare and uncharacteristic move Thursday, spared the life of condemned prisoner Kenneth Foster, hours before he was to be executed for his role in a San Antonio robbery-shooting. The halt to Thursday's execution marked only the second time since Texas resumed carrying out executions in 1982 that the parole board voted to stop an execution this close to punishment time. And in that case, in 2004, Perry rejected the board's recommendation and the prisoner was executed. But this time, Perry agreed with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles' equally unusual recommendation...