An off-duty highway patrolman in Houston shot a neighbor through a closed door early Monday, thinking the man might’ve been an intruder, officials said.
The incident unfolded shortly after midnight on Crawford Street, steps away from Minute Maid Park, home of the World Series champion Houston Astros, authorities said.
The 35-year-old man who was shot in the right shoulder is expected to survive, officials said.
The name of the shooter was not immediately disclosed, but state officials identified him as an off-duty Texas Highway Patrol trooper.
That trooper believed “someone was trying to break into his apartment” on the fifth floor before he “discharged his weapon one time,” Houston Police Department Assistant Chief Yasar Bashir told reporters outside the apartment building.
“We don’t know why he was at that apartment, but the initial assessment is that trooper believed he was trying to break in,” said Bashir, adding that the man who was shot also lives in that apartment building.
The trooper told police he gave “several commands to him to get away” before opening fire and shooting the man on the other side of the door, Bashir added.
Houston police and the Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting. The trooper was not injured.
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