Pooja LodhiaHOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three people ended up in this hospital overnight after two different shootings in northeast Houston. The first shooting happened at a home around on Homewood near Tremont at around 11:30pm. Police say a woman was shot in the back of the head and her 13-year-old daughter shot in the mouth. Both are expected to survive.
The 31-year-old woman told police her boyfriend shot them and gave them a description of him.
Officers spotted the boyfriend walking down Wayside carrying a semi-automatic a short time later. Authorities say he refused to drop the gun. One of the officers opened fire after the suspect pointed the gun at him.
"When the officer initially pulled up in his vehicle that suspect pointed a weapon rights directly at the officer and fled from the officer on foot," said John Cannon with the Houston Police Department. "That officer got into a foot pursuit with the suspect who, after refusing all verbal commands to drop the weapon, turned toward the officer and pointed the weapon at him and that's when the officer discharged his weapon several times."
The suspect was taken to the hospital and is listed in serious but stable condition.
The officer involved in the shooting was not injured. He has been with the Houston Police department for four years.
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