Police pull evidence from fifth ward house after standoff with accused of shooting 3 HPD officers

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – Investigators are examining results at a home in the Fifth Ward on Friday after an hour-long standoff with a suspect accused of shooting three police officers near downtown Houston.

According to police sources, Roland Caballero opened fire on the officers after the chase. Police said he was taken to the hospital after being shot in the neck.

According to police, two of the three officers who were shot are now out of the hospital recovering at home.

Caballero faces several prior charges in Harris County, including felony assault with a deadly weapon.

On Friday morning, Houston police and Houston fire officers were seen rummaging through evidence at the home in the 1800 block of Lockwood, where the suspect was barricaded.

The condition of the house was bad. All the windows were busted and there was also a large hole in the side, which appears to be due to the efforts of the officers to reach the suspect during the standoff.

At one point, firefighters can be seen using tools to dismantle what appears to be gun safe.

Investigators were collecting evidence on the spot.

Watch: Surveillance video shows bullets were exchanged between officers and suspects

It all began at around 2:42 p.m. Thursday in the 1500 block of Trall Street, when officers were responding to a call for a disturbance. Police said Caballero fled the scene on seeing the officers.

According to Houston Police Chief Troy Finner, Caballero crashed into McGowen Street and Hutchins, where he began shooting at officers as soon as they arrived.
ABC13’s Ted Oberg analyzes the shooting and the potential weapon used in the incident. We learned from HPD that a small switch may have been added to the Caballero pistol. Because of this, it replaced his simple Glock handgun, which fires a bullet each time the trigger is pulled, into a machine gun.

According to evidence from investigators, more than 80 shots were fired.

The officers managed to set the Caballero on fire. Once he was out of the car, Caballero carjacked a white Mercedes Benz at gunpoint, Finer said.

Watch: Video shows suspected carjack woman after firing at officers

That’s when he led officers on another chase, which ended at home on Lockwood. According to Finer, there, Caballero barricaded for hours, but eventually surrendered and was taken into custody around 7 p.m.

Officers killed at the scene on McGowen Street were taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Officials said one of the officers was shot in the arm, the other in the leg and the third in the leg.

Original report: Accused accused of shooting 3 officers now in custody after hour-long standoff, says HPD

The injured officers have been identified as Officer Gadson, 35, Officer Hayden, 32, and Officer Alvarez, 28.

In an update Friday morning, the HPD said that Officers Gadson and Hayden have both been released from the hospital. Police said Officer Alvarez is still hospitalized, but his condition is stable.

“I want everyone, all our leaders, no more excuses, everyone to take an active role and be intentional and do whatever you can to fight gun violence,” Finer said during a briefing Thursday evening. Do that.” “It’s not a difficult thing.”

Finer’s call to action comes as it is the second shooting involving law enforcement in the Houston area within a week. in the weekends, Harris County Precinct 5th Constable Corporal Charles Galloway He was shot and killed in an ambush while operating a traffic stop.

Oscar Rosales, 51, a suspect in Galloway’s murder, was taken into custody on Wednesday after being found at a hotel in Ciudad de Acua, Mexico, according to US Marshal Deputy Cameron Welch.

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