#Houston cop ambushed driver#

Corporal Galloway was pronounced deceased. The suspect then fled the scene in the white vehicle.

#Houston cop ambushed driver#

Immediately after the vehicle pulled over, the driver exited the vehicle and shot the deputy constable multiple times with an assault style rifle. Johnson was an Army Reserve Afghan War veteran and was angry over police shootings of Black men. Members of the HPD Special Investigations Unit detailed the fatal incident in the agency’s Friday press release as follows:Ĭorporal Galloway attempted to conduct a traffic stop of a white Toyota Avalon. On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed a group of police officers in Dallas, Texas, shooting and killing five officers, and injuring nine others.Two civilians were also wounded. That exchange, authorities say, was caught on surveillance footage. The pair was arrested after police allegedly linked an apartment to a green Lexus that Rosales got into after ditching the white Toyota. The elder Cruz allegedly told authorities that he hadn’t heard from Rosales in 10 or 15 years.

Jose Romel Hernandez Cruz (L) and Jose Santos Gutierrez Cruz (R).Īccording to the Houston Chronicle, citing court documents, the Cruz family, a father and son, helped the murder suspect pawn some of his jewelry after he asked for help to flee the country.Īuthorities say the son initially denied seeing Rosales but later confessed to having his neighbor pawn a gold chain and bracelet that belonged to the alleged killer. 'Deputies Atkins, Garrett and Barthen are true law enforcement heroes that were cowardly ambushed while serving and protecting their community,' he added.