HOUSTON (1080 KRLD) - Five Houston officers were injured in a shooting Monday while serving a warrant.
Houston police tweeted the officers were "struck with gunfire following an encounter with a suspect" Monday afternoon in a neighborhood in southeast Houston.
Chief @ArtAcevedo standing with @TilmanJFertitta uplifting @houstonpolice officers gathered at @memorialhermann Medical Center."We will remain positive and strong during this time." #PrayForHPD pic.twitter.com/J0iMOVvC5s
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) January 29, 2019.@ArtAcevedo says warrant being served was for alleged sale of black tar heroin at house. He clarifies that 2 @HoustonPolice officers in critical condition were shot in the neck, two others wounded by gunfire, another officer injured and not shot.
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) January 29, 20192 @HoustonPolice officers in surgery, in critical condition and stable, after being shot while serving a warrant at house where occupants allegedly sold illegal narcotics, says @ArtAcevedo. 3 other officers shot and apparently in better condition. Two suspects dead.
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) January 29, 2019


