Wounded deputy learned of friend’s death while on a gurney, constable says We pray for the recovery of the wounded,” Biden said.ĭeputy Garrett, Deputy Barthen and Deputy Atkins. The deputy’s death came on the day of an annual national memorial service for fallen law enforcement officers in Washington, DC.ĭuring the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service in front of the US Capitol, President Joe Biden noted the deadly shooting in Houston. The deputies were in uniform when they were shot, according to Clint McNear, a representative of the Texas Municipal Police Association, a union to which the deputies belong.ĭetails about the nature of the extra job that the deputies were doing weren’t immediately available. “We hope to have a suspect in custody soon,” Herman said. Investigators believe the shooter was a man in his early 20s, according to Jones. The third deputy “hears gunshots … runs out there, and when he does, he doesn’t even draw a gun – he’s shot,” Herman said.Īccording to the Facebook statement, Barthen rushed to the parking lot to help the other two deputies when he was shot.Įarlier, Jones, the Houston police official, said all three deputies had been shot from behind. The shooter “came out of nowhere,” Herman said. While the two deputies were trying to detain a suspect they had on the ground, another person “came from around a car with a rifle and basically shot them right there,” Herman told reporters. Louisiana State Police/Ascension Parish Sheriff's OfficeĪ suspect accused of ambushing and killing a state trooper and shooting 4 other people has been arrested, authorities say “It turns out it may have been a robbery they were intervening in … probably unknown to them at the time,” Jones said.
The shooting happened around 2:15 a.m., after at least two of the Precinct 4 constable deputies – working an extra job at 45 Norte Sports Bar – went outside to address a disturbance, authorities said. “Deputies Atkins, Garrett, and Barthen are true law enforcement heroes that were cowardly ambushed while serving and protecting their community,” Herman said in the Facebook statement. One person was taken into custody, but authorities later confirmed that person is not believed to be the shooter. Police say they’re looking for the shooter. Barthen was “immediately shot and immobilized,” it added, without going into further detail. Garrett was shot in the back, underwent surgery and was in the ICU Saturday afternoon, the statement said. The two deputies injured were identified as as Darrell Garrett, 28, and Juqaim Barthen, 26. Atkins is survived by his wife and 2-month-old baby. A gunman “came out of nowhere” and fired on constable’s deputies who were trying to detain someone else outside a Houston bar early Saturday, ultimately killing one deputy and injuring two others, a constable said.ĭeputy Kareem Atkins, 30, died from his gun shot injuries, according to a statement posted on Facebook by Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman, which identified the three deputies involved.
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