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U.S. NEWS Monday 9 deceMber 2019
Houston police sergeant shot

and killed; suspect in custody

HOUSTON (AP) — A sus- an when she pointed in the murder of a police officer.
pect has been charged direction of the suspect, The woman who called
with capital murder in the Solis, the release said. As police was not hurt and is
fatal shooting of a Houston Brewster turned toward cooperating with the in-
police officer who was re- him, Solis opened fire and vestigation, Acevedo said.
sponding to a domestic vi- shot him multiple times Turner said Gov. Greg Ab-
olence report, officials said Acevedo said said the ser- bott had called and ex-
Sunday. geant managed to relay a pressed condolences for
Houston Mayor Sylvester description of the shooter. Brewster’s family. The gov-
Turner announced Sgt. “Although he was mor- ernor also tweeted about
Christopher Brewster’s tally wounded, he had the the shooting, saying “To-
death at a news confer- presence of mind to draw night & Every Night we
ence late Saturday. Police his pistol out of his holster Back The Blue in Houston &
officials said in a tweet that to protect himself in case across Texas.”
the 32-year-old officer was the suspect came up and Just hours after Brewster’s
shot just before 6 p.m. he also had the presence death, a police officer in
The suspected gunman, of mind and courage to Fayetteville, Arkansas, was
Arturo Solis, was arrested put out and broadcast sus- shot and killed outside the
without incident following pect information that was police department there. In this undated photo posted on Twitter and provided by the
a search after the shoot- critical for the responding The suspect in that shoot- Houston Police Department is Sgt. Christopher Brewster, who
ing, police said in a news units,” Acevedo said. ing was fatally shot by re- was shot and killed Saturday evening, Dec. 7, 2019, by a man
release Sunday. Brewster died about half sponding officers.q who had been reported for assault, authorities said.
Court records do not list an an hour after the shooting, Associated Press
attorney who could speak which Acevedo said was
on Solis’ behalf, but list a captured on body cam-
Monday court date for him eras. Acevedo initially said
on the charge and show Brewster wasn’t wearing his
that he is being held with- vest, but later confirmed
out bond. that the officer was.
Houston Police Chief Art “What people will see is a
Acevedo said at the news coward who took the life
conference that police of a hero,” Acevedo said.
received a call from a fe- Solis fled on foot, and re-
male victim who said her sponding officers saw him
boyfriend was assault- jumping fences, the police
ing her and that he was chief said. He was armed
armed with two firearms. with a semi-automatic pis-
Police didn’t find the cou- tol when he was captured
ple at the provided ad- at a school, according to
dress, but Brewster spotted Acevedo, who later tweet-
them three streets away on ed that police recovered
Houston’s east side. both firearms and other
Brewster had got out of evidence discarded by
his patrol vehicle and was the suspect.
walking toward the wom- He is charged with capital

Drug supplier linked

to fatal 2017

overdose sentenced

NEWARK, Del. (AP) — A Pennsylvania-based man who
authorities describe as the highest-level dealer in a drug
trafficking network has been sentenced to a 20-year
prison term for his role in a Delaware man’s fatal over-
dose.
Federal prosecutors said Emanuel Jimenez was sen-
tenced last week to the lengthy prison term. Jimenez is
a citizen of the Dominican Republican who went by the
alias Robin Cintron-Pratts.
Investigators previously tied Jimenez to 13,000 bags of
fentanyl-laced heroin stamped “Tasty” that were driven
down from Philadelphia and distributed through Dela-
ware. Four of those “Tasty” bags were found along with
the body of Davis in February 2017.
Two other men have been convicted in connection to
the drug ring.q