HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police arrested a father after that man led them on a chase last night in southeast Houston, even reportedly firing shots at a deputy. His two kids were in the back seat as this was all going on. It started just before 9pm at an apartment complex on Blackhawk, several miles away from where it would end, along the Gulf Freeway and Clear Lake City Boulevard.
Investigators say a husband and wife were fighting. The wife went to a friend's house, but was still feeling threatened by the husband and called for help.
When police approached the husband, they say he took off in his SUV with his three- and seven-year-old children inside. Deputies tried to get him to pull over, but instead they say he drove at the deputy and even fired at him.
That turned into a pursuit down the Gulf Freeway. Deputies say he was on the phone the whole time, threatening his wife.
The suspect managed to get away, but his vehicle was spotted a short time later.
"We were contacted about 20 minutes later that Precinct 8 had located the vehicle and was chasing him in the Harris Park subdivision," said Sgt. Z. Guinn with the Harris County Precinct 2 Constable's Office. "That was the location that he flipped the car over. We were mostly concerned that he had a three- and seven-year-old kid with him. The kids are OK and the suspect has been taken into custody."
The children were reunited with family. The suspect is now facing charges.
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