HOUSTON — A suspect is dead after shooting a police officer in the leg, according to the Houston Police Department.
The officer was struck in both legs and is already out of the hospital, HPD tweeted this afternoon.
After he was shot, SWAT was called to the apartment complex in southeast Houston where they determined the suspect, later identified as Jamemarkus Alexander Clemons, was barricaded in an apartment.
While SWAT was trying to establish communication with him around 8:40 a.m., the 25-year-old suspect fired more than 10 rounds at police.
Officers did not return fire at any point during the standoff, according to HPD.
At some point, police say they were able to determine the suspect was down. He was found dead on the bed from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
SWAT says they were also able to check on other occupants and evacuate nearby units that were damaged from the shooting. No one else was injured.
This all started as police responded to a shooting at an apartment complex around 2:11 a.m. Saturday in the 12800 block of Roydon Drive.
According to HPD Chief Troy Finner, when the officer arrived, he heard gunshots in the complex and called for backup.
The suspect, who police say was using some type of rifle, shot at the officer and struck him in the leg.
Finner says the officer has wounds in both legs, but that they're unsure if it was from one gunshot or two. The officer was transported to an area hospital where he was treated and later released.
"I had the chance to visit with him, he's in great spirits," Finner said.
The injured officer has not yet been identified.