A female police officer was shot twice while trying to apprehend a suspected carjacker.
29-year-old Crystal Sepulveda is a Missouri City Police Officer who was left fighting for her life after being shot in the face and her foot by a carjacking suspect.
According to the reports, several officers, including Sepulveda, were chasing a carjacker in Missouri City, some 20 miles from Houston, when the man opened fire on them from a backyard using automatic pistols.
In the exchange of fire, Sepulveda was shot twice. Meanwhile, the police returned fire and hit the suspect several times.
After the incident, the suspect was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Miraculously, the young officer survived getting shot in the face and was rushed to the hospital in a cruiser by her colleagues.
According to the officers, the 29-year-old is a real “fighter” who is expected to survive her injuries despite the odds.
The police have since also revealed they began chasing the suspect on Saturday night after spotting a stolen car that was involved in a robbery.
After the suspect refused to stop, Missouri City police called Houston Police for backup. The suspect eventually came to a stop in a residential area where he exited the vehicle and began running away on foot.
While running in between homes and backyards, the suspect opened fire and shot Sepulveda before getting gunned down by officers.
“Bullets didn’t go in the house. Bullets could have gone in the house. The car could have came through the window, so I feel much better to know God protected my son that was here last night,” Carolyn Smith, a local who claimed the incident happened near her home, said in an interview with FOX 26.
Speaking of Officer Sepulveda’s injuries, Smith added: “Before I got home, I thought she was gone. And I think that took me down mostly because when you have family members serving on the same job it does make you feel bad, but when I heard that she was okay, I felt a whole lot better.”
Our thoughts are with Crystal as her recovery continues.
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