Texas Sheriff’s Deputy Shot; The Houston-area law enforcement community is grieving the loss of a Harris County Precinct 5 deputy who was shot and killed early Sunday morning during a traffic stop in southwest Houston.
The victim has been identified as Corporal Charles Galloway. The 47-year-old victim has been in the department for more than 12 years. He also recently served as a field training officer.
As per reports, This unfortunate incident occurred around 12:45 a.m. local time. After a while, the shooting was confirmed on Twitter by Harris County Precinct 5.
“Precinct 5 deputies are on the scene and HPD [Houston Police Department] will be handling the investigation. Prayers for the deputy’s family and his brothers and sisters in blue,” the tweet said
Houston police Chief Troy Finner said at the news conference that a witness saw a man get out of his vehicle and fire multiple shots at the deputy, then drive off. He said that it seemed that Galloway even didn’t get the time to respond or defend himself. Finner believes an assault-type weapon was used in this shooting.
The suspect, who was simply described as a “younger Hispanic male,” was stopped by the deputy at the traffic stop in the 9100 block of Beechnut. He then left his white, four-door new model Toyota Avalon and fired “an assault-type weapon” multiple times at the deputy. Reports say that the suspect got out of his vehicle and immediately fired at Galloway multiple times before driving off.
Finner called this incident senseless and urged the suspect to do the right thing.
“Message to the suspect, the best thing you can do is turn yourself in peacefully,” Finner said.
“This has got to stop,” Harris County Precinct 5 Constable Ted Heap said during a news conference at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Centre. He said that these types of incidents are now becoming regular and it is high time to stop these crimes. He added that he doesn’t want to raise his family or grandchildren in a county where these types of crimes are rampant
Corporal Charles Galloway- The Mentor of Many
Corporal Charles Galloway had been with the constable’s office for about 12 and a half years, Ted Heap remembered. He has experience in many aspects of the patrol division and was recently assigned to the toll division. He added that the deputy mentored and trained numerous younger officers and everyone is “broken up” over this unfortunate incident.
“He was the one who was sitting in the front seat with them. He was the one that was teaching them what to do and how to get home safely to their families. And here we are this evening with the roles reversed,” Heap said in grief.
As per reports, Corporal Charles Galloway Galloway is survived by a daughter and a sister.
