Huston Cops Shoot Suspect After He lunges at Them With a Knife

* (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) * Houston, Texas — The Houston Police Department released bodycam video of a deadly officer-involved shooting where a suspect was accused of fatally running over a construction worker and stabbing a Montrose apartment manager on April 5. The suspect, Ronnie Dwayne Cesear, Jr., 27, died days later at a hospital. An autopsy found he died of “complications of penetrating gunshot wound of torso” with other contributing factors, and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. The deceased victim is identified as Carrl Hayes, 67. Houston police officers responded to a stabbing call at an apartment complex at 811 Buffalo Park Drive, and learned a male dressed in black had driven through the lobby of the complex and was attacking people with a kitchen knife. Officers arrived and found a gray pickup truck driven through the lobby entrance and an injured man on the ground.
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