The Houston Police Department says two officers killed a wrong way driver who went on a rampage all across southwest Houston. About 1230am police started getting calls for a driver driving gown the wrong side of Southwest Freeway near Hill croft. Drivers reported the silver Toyota Tundra was also running into cars.
Officers pursued the man for about 30 minutes before the chase came to an end with a deadly confrontation in the 9000 block of Beechnut near the Beltway.
Police say he was intentionally hitting other drivers and when they tried to pull him over, he tried to ram their patrol cars. As he approached intersections he would just ram cars. He even aimed for several pedestrians as they crossed the road.
Police finally used their patrol cars to box him in a parking lot on Beechnut. There he started ramming the patrol cars in front of him. As multiple officers approached him from the rear, he put it in reverse and attempted to run them over. Two officers fired at his truck. He managed to drive through patrol cars and cross a median before crashing into a sign across the street at the corner of Beechnut and BW8..
HPD spokesman Victor Senties said, “The officers tell us when they gave him the verbal commands and approached he had a funny look in his eyes, almost like he was in a trance. Not entirely there, just completely ignoring commands and had a sort of wild look in his eyes.”
Police approached the truck and realized the driver had been shot. Police say the man was given first aid at the scene until EMS arrived and was then taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital where he later pronounced dead. The suspect was a 63-year-old white man. Police say a total of 30 to 40 vehicles were struck. Some police say they don’t have information on yet.
If you were a victim of last nights pursuit and were struck, police say to call the Houston Police Department Vehicular Crimes Unit and file a report.
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