Union: Houston police officers in critical and stable condition after shooting – KSBY San Luis Obispo News

UPDATE (5:20 p.m.) – The head of the union for Houston police officers says the five officers injured in a shooting are in critical and stable condition.

Joe Gamaldi, president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union, says in a tweet that two officers are in critical condition and the other three are in stable condition.

The officers were taken to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston.

Gamaldi says one of the injured officers was taken to the hospital by helicopter.

Houston police say in a tweet that a suspect is dead at the scene.

Police say the officers were injured “following an encounter with a suspect” Monday afternoon in a neighborhood in southeast Houston.

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo and Mayor Sylvester Turner were scheduled to hold a news conference on the shooting Monday evening.

(4:24 p.m.) – Houston police say five officers have been struck in a shooting and have been taken to local hospitals.

In a tweet, Houston police say the officers were “struck with gunfire following an encounter with a suspect” Monday afternoon in a neighborhood in southeast Houston.

Mayor Sylvester Turner tweeted that the suspect “is down.” Additional information on the suspect was not immediately available.

Turner was seen Monday evening entering one of the hospitals where the injured officers were taken.

Police say the officers were transported to hospitals. Their conditions were not immediately known.

Joe Gamaldi, president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union, says one of the injured officers was taken to a hospital by helicopter.