A police official blames recent violence against police in Houston on anti-police rhetoric and politicians who have echoed those messages, among other factors.
Two Houston police officers wounded in a Thursday shootout with a suspect have been discharged from the hospital. In a statement Friday, the Houston Police Department said one officer remains hospitalized in stable condition. The statement also identified the man suspected of exchanging gunfire with the officers. Thirty-one-year-old Roland Caballero, who is hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the neck, is charged with three counts of attempted capital murder of a police officer and an aggravated robbery count. It's unclear from jail and court records if he has an attorney. The shootout came at the end of a police chase.
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(HOUSTON) The man charged with shooting three Houston police officers on Thursday had a warrant issued for him in connection with a December robbery, according to court records. In December, Roland Caballero, 31, had an open warrant issued for an unlawful carrying a weapon charge and an aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon charge, court records show. The warrant was in connection to a Dec. 28 robbery at an auto shop in Katy, the records indicate. Caballero is now charged with three counts of attempted capital murder of a police officer and one count of aggravated robbery, Houston police said in a news release. Caballero was already under investigation when a witness told police prior to the shooting that the suspect was producing gun components called switches that turn semi-automatic pistols into fully automatic ones, according to KTRK. Houston Police Officers on Thursday responded to a threat-to-life call and were provided his name and vehicle he was dr
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