POLICE Department

Officer Involved Shootings


DISCLAIMER

The information provided on this website is for general informational purposes. While we strive to keep the information up to date, neither the city of Houston nor the Houston Police Department guarantee (either express or implied) the completeness or timeliness of the information provided. The city of Houston and the Houston Police Department shall have no liability for any error or omission, or for the use of, or the results obtained from the use of the information.
PURPOSE:

The Houston Police Department (HPD) created and maintains this site in the interest of transparency and to inform the general public of matters related to Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) scenes and some of the data and circumstances associated with those scenes.  Recognizing the sensitivity of any shooting incident, this site aims to provide basic information only. 
 

SCOPE:

This site depicts only those OIS scenes where a HPD officer discharged his or her weapon in the performance of his or her duties.  It does NOT reflect accidental discharges where no injury occurred or the intentional shooting of vicious animals.

PROCESS:

All OIS scenes occurring within the jurisdictional limits of HPD are independently investigated by multiple divisions and agencies.  The following list represents the typical entities that will respond directly to the scene and perform duties assoiated with the investigation.

1. HPD Homicide Division

2. Houston Forensic Science Center Crime Scene Units

3. HPD Internal Affairs Division

4. Harris County District Attorney's Office - Civil Rights Attorney

5. Harris County District Attorney's Office - Investigators

6. Legal Counsel for the officer involved

7. Media Relations Unit

8. Medical Examiner’s Office

9. Officer Safety Unit


TABLES AND GRAPHS

Total Shootings Chart



Houston Police Department Shootings 2014-2024
  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total
Total HPD shooting incidents 34 32 26 15 18 21 26 29 29 20 5 254
Suspects involved in HPD shootings
Suspects killed 11 12 7 5 7 8 9 11 13 11 3 97
Suspects wounded 18 17 14 11 4 10 11 9 12 45 1 111
Suspects not injured or injury status unknown 22 18 16 7 9 5 7 11 5 4 0 104
Total suspects involved in HPD shooting 51 47 37 23 20 23 30 31 30 20 4 312



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* The address is deemed confidential pursuant to sections 552.117 and 552.1175 of the Government Code.

  INDIVIDUAL SHOOTING SUMMARIES

HOMICIDE DIVISION
2024 HPD OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING INCIDENTS
Incident   Suspect     Officer   
DATE INC NO. LOCATION SEX RACE AGE INJURY WEAPON SEX RACE AGE INJURY ON DUTY RESPONSE TYPE NUM OF OFFICERS  
03/03/2024 31739924 3300  W FUQUA ST M B 45 Killed Firearm                   M A 30 None Y Emergency Call 1  
  M H 28 None Y Emergency Call 2 or More  
  M B 57 None Y Emergency Call 1  
03/01/2024 30912424 1200  LEONA ST M B 23 Killed Firearm                   M A 32 None Y Emergency Call 2 or More  
M W 24 None Y Emergency Call 2 or More  
02/29/2024 30346524 6400  BRADY ST U M H 58 None Y Emergency Call 1  
02/11/2024 20731024 3700  SOUTHWEST FWY OB F H U Killed Other                     M H 29 None N Other 1  
01/07/2024 3339124 8400  TIDWELL RD M B U Wounded Firearm                   M W 27 None Y Other 2 or More  
                               

 

OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS ARCHIVES
2023 HPD OIS | 2022 HPD OIS | 2021 HPD OIS | 2020 HPD OIS | 2019 HPD OIS | 2018 HPD OIS | 2017 HPD OIS |  2016 HPD OIS | 2015 HPD OIS | 2014 HPD OIS | 2013 HPD OIS2012 HPD OIS2011 HPD OIS2010 HPD OIS
2009 HPD OIS2008 HPD OIS | 2007 HPD OIS | 2006 HPD OIS | 2005 HPD OIS


2024 HPD OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS
Suspects Killed and Wounded
  Female Male
 
Hispanic
White
Black
Asian
Hispanic
White
Black
Asian
Under 20
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20-29
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30-39
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 and Over
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
 

HPD Officer Involved Shooting Report

Students from Northwestern University’s, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences Program, in Evanston, Illinois completed an analysis of officer involved shootings involving Houston police officers in June of 2014.  The primary goal of the study was to mine data and identify significant pre-scene and on-scene factors that substantially affected the likelihood of Officer-Involved Shooting incidents. The secondary goal of this study was to identify factors that meaningfully impacted the significant on-scene factors, in particular ones related to officer’s behavior prior to gun use, that were highly correlated with likelihood of an Officer-Involved Shooting. The study’s third goal was to focus on investigating specific relationships among selected pre-scene and on-scene factors, as well as between these factors and likelihood of Officer-Involved Shooting incidents. The findings of this effort are included within the report.

HPD Officer Involved Shooting Report (PDF)
 

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