HOUSTON - In the northwest Houston community of Champion’s Crossing, there was no need to catch the cop shows on cable.
The real deal went down on the edge of their neighborhood Monday afternoon.
"We are all a little shaken, we are a little scared," resident Hamilton Russell said.
It happened just before 2 p.m. when an 18-wheel tanker truck came under a barrage of fire from moving vehicles clearly on the wrong side of the law.
That truck was thought to be carrying drugs and was under surveillance by a narcotics task force.
FOX 26 asked Harris County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Christina Garza whether investigators believe the incident was an attempted hijacking.
"We don't know,” Garza said. “I can't tell you that right now.”
Whatever it was, local law plowed in with guns blazing.
"In that exchange of gunfire, one of our undercover officers at the Harris County Sheriff's office was struck in the leg,” Garza said. “He was transported to an area hospital where he is expected to make a full recovery. We also have one suspect who is dead on the scene inside that 18 wheeler.”
The cops captured multiple suspects, including a gunman who took a bumper instead of a bullet.
"We have another suspect who was struck by an officer's vehicle as he tried to open fire against that officer," Garza said.
Who shot who and who might have gotten away? Those questions remain unanswered.
Meantime, the good folks of Champion's Crossing are drawing their own, less-than-comforting conclusions.
"Things happen,” resident Teresa Baskin said. “No matter where you go, no matter where you try to live, things just happen.”
"I need to go buy a gun," said Hamilton Russell, her neighbor.
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Deputy Shot, 18-Wheeler Crashes in NW Houston: MyFoxHOUSTON.com
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