14 December 2021

You Probably Shouldn't Point a Gun at a SWAT Team

It is a good way to get killed. Bodycam video released of deadly police chase across Houston.

It started a few days before, when the suspect/dead-guy fired into a police station. Then on November 11th, police found him, and a car chase ensued. At one point he was a few blocks from where a Veterans' Day parade was taking place.

It ended in a shopping mall.

HPD Swat members made a plan to block Elliot in at the shopping plaza off the North Sam Houston Parkway, telling customers to clear the area. [SNIP]

The officers were able to successfully block Elliot in before he got out of his car holding a rifle.

This is where the chaos really set in. Even though SWAT was handling the stop, patrol officers kept arriving and getting involved. At least one officer and one bystander were injured by bullet fragments from the crossfire.

It is much clearer when you see the video.

This is the video from Donut Operator: Houston SWAT Take Out Gunman While Wearing Super Dope Kits - Shooting Breakdown. He goes over all of the released video, and even points out what the Houston cops did wrong. Like not listening to each other.

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