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  • Houston officer hurt in shooting wrote in note: 'I had to go in, I knew my guys were down'

    01/29/2019 4:01:49 PM PST · by jazusamo · 58 replies
    Fox News ^ | January 29, 2019 | Elizabeth Zwirz
    Among the five Houston police officers injured during a shooting on Monday was a 54-year-old supervisor, described as being “tough as nails.” The unidentified senior officer, a 32-year veteran of the force who “breached the door” while serving a search warrant at a home of suspected drug dealers, “made entry” because he knew “his partners were down,” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said Tuesday. The officer was shot after jumping into the action and it marked “the third time in his career he’s been shot,” Acevedo said. He was previously shot in 1992 and 1997, he added. Acevedo explained that...