La Marque homicide suspect shot by deputy outside Harris County Walmart, officials say
HOUSTON โ A man wanted in connection with a homicide in La Marque was shot by a deputy Wednesday outside a Walmart in north Harris County, officials said. The shooting was reported just before 8 p.m. in the parking lot of the Walmart at the intersection of North Freeway and West Road. According to Harris County Senior Deputy Thomas Gilliland, deputies were monitoring the store after receiving information from La Marque police about the location of a man wanted in connection with a homicide that happened there earlier in the day. Gilliland said that when deputies stopped the vehicle in the parking lot, the man exited the passengerโs side and pulled out a gun. Gilliland said the suspect was ordered to drop the gun but refused and a Harris County Sheriffโs Office sergeant at the scene shot the man several times.