The Harris County Sheriff's Office tells us the Precinct 3 deputy constable was responding to a domestic disturbance call off Sheffield Terrace at Pennygent near Channelview just after 10pm when he discharged his weapon, hitting the suspect.
"It's just shocking to see the officer just shoot the man in the middle of the street," witness Keri Agee said. "The cop pulled out his gun and shot him. I watched him shoot him right in the middle of the street."
Agee says she was in her front yard hanging Christmas decorations when she saw the Precinct 3 deputy arrive at her neighbor's home.
"I looked back and saw the officer fire two shots, and I went and called 911," she said.
Agee tells us the suspect and the deputy were yelling at one another prior to the shooting and the suspect had started taking off his clothes in the middle of the street.
Seconds later -- in the midst of ordering the suspect to the ground -- the deputy fired the shots.
HCSO officials are investigating what exactly led up to the shooting.
"I honestly think he was trying to show the cop he didn't have anything on him," Agee said. "And he said, 'I don't have anything, you don't have any papers on me, you don't have anything on me, leave my house.'"
Shirley Pruett, who also lives nearby, says she also heard the commotion and was terrified after hearing gunfire.
"What I heard very loud and clear was somebody repeat, 'Shoot, shoot, shoot,'" Pruett said. "And then I heard pow, pow, pow."
The deputy involved was not injured. Authorities tell us he has been with the department for four years.
The suspect, whose identity has not been released, was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital. His condition is not known at this time.
