HOUSTON — A woman was hit and killed by a Houston police officer who was responding to a double shooting early Tuesday, according to the Houston Police Department.
This happened just before 12:30 a.m. on Southwest Freeway feeder road near Wilcrest Drive.
Houston police said the officer did not have lights or a siren on when the woman stepped into the roadway. The officer hit her, and she died at the scene.
The identity of the victim, believed to be in her 30s or 40s, hasn't been released.
This is the second deadly pedestrian crash involving a Houston police officer since the new year.
Houston police are investigating the deaths.