Armed man shot by officer during confrontation

  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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Confrontation turns deadly at NW Harris Co. gas station

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Deputies are on the scene of a deadly confrontation in northwest Harris County.

It happened at a Valero gas station on FM 1960 near Kuykendahl.

According to authorities, there were four people -- two men and two women -- in a car getting gas when a fifth person came up and assaulted one of the women. The suspect left right after the alleged attack.

The woman who was hit and one of her male companions went into the store to get some ice for her wound. That is when the suspect apparently came back to the scene but this time with a rock in his hand.

"He assaulted the female, left the scene, came back on foot with a rock. He threw the rock rough the back window of their vehicle," said Sgt. Ben Beall with the Harris County Sheriff's Office. "The two male companions chased this guy down, caught up with him over here by the Shipley's Donuts. They were holding him when deputies arrived. When deputies approached him the male was unresponsive."

The suspect died at the scene. They don't know what caused the suspect to die.

Police say the people who were attacked are being questioned. The woman who did suffer a wound was taken to the hospital to get checked out.

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