According to police, the officer was on the way to a call when a woman in her 40s stepped off the curb and was hit. She died at the scene.
A woman was hit and killed by an HPD unit that was on the way to a shooting scene. Here are the latest facts from ABC13's Charly Edsitty.A Houston police officer hit and killed a pedestrian while on the way to a call on the southwest side of town, HPD said early Tuesday.According to Asst. HPD Chief Wyatt Martin, the officer was driving on the feeder road, headed to a call for a double shooting at about 12:18 a.m. when a woman stepped off the curb.
While the identity of the officer has not been released, HPD told ABC13 that the person has been with the department for two years. A second officer in the patrol unit has been on the force for one year. Martin said that a witness claimed the woman who stepped out into the street may have been homeless. Authorities describe her as a Hispanic woman in her 40s.
Investigators are now working to determine if she was trying to cross the street or if she stepped out not knowing that a vehicle was coming.The Harris County District Attorney's Office is also investigating.On Dec. 30, 2022, a. Authorities said the officer was traveling in the westbound middle lane of Aldine Bender Road near Picton when he struck a pedestrian. ABC13 crews observed that there are no visible crosswalks near the location of impact.
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