HOUSTON — A man is dead after being shot by U.S. Marshals task force members at an apartment complex in southwest Houston Friday morning, according to the Houston Police Department.
This happened around 8:30 a.m. at a complex located on El Paseo Street near Cambridge Street just south of Old Spanish Trail.
The U.S. Marshal's Service said members of their task force located a man wanted in South Carolina inside a car in the parking lot. He was identified Tuesday as Harrison Brown, 32. Brown was wanted on violent charges, including a weapons charge, and has a long criminal history.
The task force members pinned his red car with their SUV as they tried to keep Brown from escaping. However, he tried to ram their SUV with his car, investigators said.
The task force members got out of the SUV in their tactical gear, the U.S. Marshal said. That is when they said Brown showed he had a gun, and the officers open fire, killing him.
The Houston Police Department will investigate the shooting since it happened within the city limits. It is standard protocol for the U.S. Marshals to have an independent agency investigate these kinds of incidents.
The U.S. Marshal said he could not say which local agencies were involved as part of the task force.
Views from Air 11 show multiple markers in the parking lot of the complex and a red car riddled with bullet holes. HPD said they did not know how many shots were fired during the incident.
HPD investigators were combing the scene for evidence and talked to possible witnesses. It was not disclosed what kind of weapon the Brown had.