Man shot dead for pointing gun at policemen in Houston

July 09, 2016 21:53

A 24-year-old man has been shot dead for pointing his gun at two police officers here, a day after five officers were killed and seven others injured by snipers during a protest rally against the fatal shootings of black men in the US city of Dallas.

The pair of officers were on patrol yesterday when they saw a man standing on the street, waving a gun in the air. When the cops asked the man to put the weapon down, he aimed it at them '" and the two officers opened fire.

The police have not identified the man and the officers involved in the shooting. One of the officers involved is a 10-year veteran of the Houston police department.

The other is a 13-year veteran. Both officers are under investigation. The shooting comes a day after five Dallas police officers were shot and killed during a protest against the fatal police shootings of black men, in the deadliest attacks on law enforcers in America since 9/11.

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