Deputy fatally shot, 2 injured in 'ambush' at Houston nightclub: Police

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Deputy fatally shot, 2 injured in 'ambush' at Houston nightclub: Police

The suspected shooter was described as a Hispanic male in his early 20s.

By Marlene Lenthang
October 16, 2021, 2:56 PM • 5 min read

A Texas constable deputy was fatally shot and two other deputies were wounded in what police are calling an "ambush" early Saturday morning outside a Houston nightclub.

The incident unfolded around 2:15 a.m. at the 45 North Bar and Lounge in the 4400 block of the North Freeway near Crosstimbers, Houston Police said.

Three Harris County Precinct 4 constable deputies were working an extra job at the club when they went outside to address "a disturbance" that "may have been a robbery," Houston Police Executive Assistant Chief James Jones said during a press conference.

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Two of the deputies entered the parking lot and began to arrest a possible suspect when a second suspect emerged and opened fire on them with an AR-15 assault rifle, striking both, precinct officials said Saturday.

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1. 'How can you have so much hate in your heart?:Fiance says deputy injured in ambush will need kidney

HOUSTON – A man with an AR-15 rifle ambushed three Harris County deputies early Saturday morning, killing one and wounding two others while they were responding to a disturbance outside a bar in north Houston, authorities said.

The deputies had been working an extra shift at 45 Norte Bar and Lounge and responded to a report of a robbery outside the bar around 2:12 a.m. Two deputies were trying to arrest a robbery suspect when the gunman opened fire on them, authorities said. Upon hearing the gunshots, the third deputy rushed outside to aid his fellow deputies and was also shot.

Deputy Kareem Atkins died from his injuries. He was 30. Atkins began working with Precinct 4 in January 2019. He had recently returned from paternity leave. He leaves behind a wife and two-month-old child.


https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/10/16/how-can-you-have-so-much-hate-in-your-heart-fiance-says-constable-deputy-injured-in-ambush-will-need-kidney-transplant/

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2. 3 moonlighters at the same job, from the same precinct

Seems like a lot. I worry about how that precinct is paying its constables, and how the constables do during their day jobs.