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A search was
under way for the officer's killer, who was described as a male
dressed in a white t-shirt, driving a red truck, the Harris
County Sheriff's office said.
The deputy was in uniform and filling up his car with gas when
the gunman approached from behind and fired several shots,
sheriff's office spokesman Deputy Thomas Gilliland told
reporters.
"The deputy then fell to the ground. The suspect then continued
over to him and shot the deputy again multiple times as the
deputy laid on the ground," he said.
Live video from the scene in northwest Houston, about 20 miles
from downtown, showed police tape across the perimeter of the
gas station. Dozens of officers were on the scene.
The deputy was described as a 10-year veteran assigned to the
west district, Gilliland said. His identity has not been
released.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere in Los Angeles; Editing by Paul
Tait and Richard Borsuk)
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