Houston Police Officer Shot While Responding To Parking Space Dispute In Kingwood, HPD Says – Houston Public Media

Houston Police Officer Shot While Responding To Parking Space Dispute In Kingwood, HPD Says – Houston Public Media: A Houston police officer was hospitalized Monday after being shot in the arm during an incident in Kingwood, according to authorities. The wounded officer was brought to HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood and is in “stable, but still serious, critical condition,” according to Houston Police Chief Troy Finner. The officer was shot after responding to a call regarding an altercation over a parking space at 11:15 a.m. on the 200 block of North Pines Drive. The officers began questioning a 26-year old man who allegedly spat at a fellow resident of the apartment complex. Police said the man suddenly opened fire at the officers. One of them, an 11-year Houston Police Department veteran, was shot in the arm and possibly the abdomen, Finner said during a media briefing staged outside of the hospital.