Police: 1 deputy killed, 2 wounded in ambush at Houston bar

HOUSTON – A antheral with an AR-15-style firearm ambushed 3 constable deputies extracurricular a Houston barroom aboriginal Saturday, sidesplitting 1 and leaving 2 others wounded, authorities successful Texas said.

Authorities detained 1 idiosyncratic adjacent the country but helium is not believed to beryllium the shooter, according to the Houston Police Department which is investigating the shooting.

The constable deputies were moving other information jobs astatine the 45 Norte Sports Bar erstwhile 2 of them responded to a witness' study of a suspected robbery extracurricular the concern astir 2:15 a.m., according to Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman.

The 2 deputies were trying to apprehension idiosyncratic erstwhile different idiosyncratic with an AR-15-style firearm ambushed them and opened occurrence connected them from behind, Herman's bureau said successful a connection posted connected Facebook. The 3rd lawman heard the gunshots and was changeable erstwhile helium came to help.

One of the archetypal deputies who was shot, Kareem Atkins, died from his wounds, according to the constable's office. Atkins, 30, precocious returned to enactment aft parental permission and leaves down a woman and 2-month-old baby, the connection said.

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The constable's bureau identified the different deputies arsenic Darrell Garrett, 28, and Juqaim Barthen, 26. Garrett was changeable successful the backmost and was successful intensive attraction aft undergoing surgery. The bureau did not supply an update connected Barthen's condition, but Herman antecedently had told reporters that helium was changeable successful the foot.

It was not yet wide whether the deputies returned fire, Houston Police Executive Assistant Chief James Jones told reporters.

Constables are licensed bid officers who execute assorted instrumentality enforcement functions, according to the Texas Association of Counties.

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