HOUSTON (AP) – Houston police say a man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an officer. Police officials say Sgt. Christopher Brewster was shot just before 6 p.m. Saturday and died about half an hour later.
Police said in a news release Sunday that 25-year-old Arturo Solis is charged with capital murder of a police officer. Police Chief Art Acevedo says a woman initially reported Solis for assault.
Among the responding officers, Brewster later spotted the couple, but was shot as he approached. Acevedo says the shooting was captured on body camera. Police say two firearms have been recovered.
A previous assault offender, Solis told investigators that he shot the officer because he didn’t want to go back to jail.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo reacts to the shooting;
