BREAKING Off-duty Liberty Co. deputy shoots and kills man armed with tire iron at Gulfgate restaurant, HPD says
A Liberty County deputy working security at a restaurant shot and killed a man after police said he came at the deputy with a tire iron.
The shooting happened at the Doneraki Mexican restaurant located at 300 Gulfgate Center Mall near I-45 south shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday. The deputy was one of two uniformed off-duty law enforcement officers at the restaurant when the suspect allegedly came inside after it closed, armed with a tire iron, according to Houston police.The restaurant closed at 11 p.m., and police said about 10 minutes later, the man came back.They both approached the man, who allegedly then charged at the Liberty County deputy with a tire iron in his hand."The officer discharged his weapon more than once.
Investigators were talking to the employees and looking at surveillance video from inside the restaurant.
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