Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Houston Police Shoot Machete Wielding Man


HOUSTON (AP) -- A police officer is on desk duty pending investigation of the fatal shooting of a machete-wielding man at an apartment complex in southwestern Houston.

Houston police say the events began when two officers were sent to the Ridgestone Apartments in response to a 7 p.m. domestic violence report Monday. Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva says a woman had called to report her husband had been drinking and was beating his two children with a belt.

Silva says the officers found the man in the parking lot wielding two knives, including a machete.

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