NORTHWEST HOUSTON -
A Houston Police officer is in the hospital after a shooting in Northwest Houston. The shooting happened around noon at an apartment complex located in the 9700 block of Pine Lake near Bunker Hill.
HPD identified the officer as Frank L. Pierce, 39. He lives at the complex and works a second job there as a courtesy officer. Pierce was making his rounds when he spotted a man carrying a screen TV out of an apartment.
"He was making his rounds before actually coming on duty and he encounters a suspect coming out of an apartment carrying some property," said Victor Senties with the Houston Police Department.
Senties said Pierce identified himself as an officer and told the suspect to put the TV down.
"A second suspect that was inside the apartment comes out, he has a weapon, he fires at the officer at least one time, the officer is hit, he falls to the ground, he manages to fire his weapon back," said Senties.
Pierce was shot in the stomach while the suspects managed to get away.
Resident, Mark Zeiler, was shocked to learn about the shooting. Last Monday, he said his own apartment had been burglarized.
"I think I saw the same guys that morning before I left for work when I got robbed, and just to know they had a gun that's crazy," said Zeiler.
Police arrested two people possibly connected to the shooting at a furniture store on Highway 290 at Jones Road.
Tuesday, police filed charges against Patrick Carnell Freeman, 19. He is charged with aggravated assault of a public servant. Freeman also faces a charge of burglary of a residence. A second suspect, a juvenile, has been referred to Harris County Juvenile Probation authorities on a charge of burglary of a habitation.
As of Tuesday morning, Officer Pierce is in good condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital. He has worked for HPD's South Central Patrol Division for three years. Prior to the HPD, Pierce was an officer with the West University Police Department for ten years.
HPD identified the officer as Frank L. Pierce, 39. He lives at the complex and works a second job there as a courtesy officer. Pierce was making his rounds when he spotted a man carrying a screen TV out of an apartment.
"He was making his rounds before actually coming on duty and he encounters a suspect coming out of an apartment carrying some property," said Victor Senties with the Houston Police Department.
Senties said Pierce identified himself as an officer and told the suspect to put the TV down.
"A second suspect that was inside the apartment comes out, he has a weapon, he fires at the officer at least one time, the officer is hit, he falls to the ground, he manages to fire his weapon back," said Senties.
Pierce was shot in the stomach while the suspects managed to get away.
Resident, Mark Zeiler, was shocked to learn about the shooting. Last Monday, he said his own apartment had been burglarized.
"I think I saw the same guys that morning before I left for work when I got robbed, and just to know they had a gun that's crazy," said Zeiler.
Police arrested two people possibly connected to the shooting at a furniture store on Highway 290 at Jones Road.
Tuesday, police filed charges against Patrick Carnell Freeman, 19. He is charged with aggravated assault of a public servant. Freeman also faces a charge of burglary of a residence. A second suspect, a juvenile, has been referred to Harris County Juvenile Probation authorities on a charge of burglary of a habitation.
As of Tuesday morning, Officer Pierce is in good condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital. He has worked for HPD's South Central Patrol Division for three years. Prior to the HPD, Pierce was an officer with the West University Police Department for ten years.
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