Houston police fire multiple shots and kill a man who was ‘standing on the road with a revolver and pointed the gun at them’
Two officers shot and killed a man in Houston, Texas early on Saturday
Say they saw him in the road with a revolver and asked him to put it down
Police say he pointed gun at them, prompting them to fire numerous times
Woman says the man is her husband and has identified him as Alva Braziel
Witness confirmed victim is a black male; officers’ races remain unknown
By CLEMENCE MICHALLON
DAILYMAIL.COM
9 July 2016
Houston police shot and killed a man after he pointed a gun at them, authorities said.
Two officers saw a man standing in the road on the city’s south side around 12:40am Saturday, according to the police department.
They asked him to put down the gun, but he pointed it in the air instead before aiming it at the officers, police said.
The officers fired numerous times, fatally hitting the man. A woman told ABC 13 he was her husband and identified him as Alva Braziel.
Witness Eric Puckett confirmed to the network the man was a black male. The races of the two officers remained unknown as of Saturday morning.
The two officers have each spent 10 and 13 years in the force according to ABC 13. They were wearing body cams at the time of the shooting, the department said.
Internal affairs and Harris County will investigate the shooting.
It came one day after a gunman shot 12 officers and two civilians in Dallas, killing five of the city’s officers.
He acted during a Black Lives Matter rally, which itself was held in protest against the shooting death of two black men at the end of police in Minnesota and Louisiana.
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