MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A 23-year-old man is in the hospital after being shot multiple times in a standoff with officers on Friday night in Magnolia, authorities said.
At about 6:30 p.m., Magnolia police said they were conducting a welfare check on a man who refused to come out of a motel room on FM 1488.
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Investigators said officers tried to de-escalate the situation for nearly an hour until the man walked out of his room with a shotgun at about 8:15 p.m.
According to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office several officers opened fire on the man, striking him in the leg and abdomen.
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He was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital in The Woodlands in critical condition. Authorities said he is expected to survive.