been rescued in the houston area alone. abc 7 news reporter maggie ruehly is tracking the latest live in houston. maggie? reporter: we are getting hit with more rain and wind here in houston, and we re expecting another band of heavy rain coming our way only adding to an already catastrophic situation. the country s fourth largest city remains under water. with more heavy rain expected, the city could be soaked with up to 50 inches. this is a landmark event. we have not seen an event like this. you could not draw this forecast up. you could not dream this forecast up. then today a new problem. officials say city dams built to protect downtown houston against a 1,000-year flooding event are nearing capacity. the reservoirs are rising at more than 4 inches an hour. we have dam safety experts monitoring these structures 24/7. reporter: to control the flooding, the army corps of engineers will begin releasing the dams, but first they have to evacuate residents whose hom
alley last night. neighbors heard activity firsthand. we heard two pop shots, bam, bam, and that was it. reporter: the confrontation began outside this 7-11. the clerk said he bought cigarettes, cig gars, and beer. an officer was flagged down by someone who reported that a person had a gun in the parking lot. the officer called for backup at 11:37 p.m. his customer ran across the street and threw the shopping center. police followed. the swat team arrived, a helicopter hovered overhead. a drone scanned the scene. neighbor louis hernandez said they asked the suspect to surrender for 15 minutes. they said, everything will be okay, everything will be okay, just come out, but he would not. reporter: the police have not said why, but two officers eventually fired at the suspect. he died at the scene. no officers were injured. was there a firearm recovered? that s still in the preliminary stages of the investigation. reporter: the others inside the suspect s car were ta
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