A Houston police sergeant was nearly assassinated early Saturday morning when a man, wanted for other serious crimes, attacked the police officer in an “ambush-style attack.”
Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner said the sergeant, identified as 17-year-veteran Mauricio Valle, and two other officers were canvassing an area in southwest Houston for a man suspected of committing multiple burglaries, an aggravated assault, and possibly an aggravated robbery.
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Instead, Sgt. Valle returned fire, striking the suspect several times. In the end, it was the suspect who lay dead on the ground.
“Officers who responded and rendered aid put tourniquets on our sergeant, and each and every one of them in my conversations with them was talking about how calm and professional and what a stud our sergeant is,” Finner said at a press conference . “Just really calm after being shot, giving out commands about where the suspect is.”
Despite his injuries, Sgt. Valle is expected to make a full recovery. Finner said the officer’s ballistic vest, which was hit, saved Valle’s life.
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Police did not release the name of the assailant, but they did say he was a Hispanic man in his early 20s. Police also arrested a woman who was with the man but did not say if she was charged with any crimes.
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