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Police accidentally shoot suspect

Rebecca S. Green The Journal Gazette

Michael R. Houston has had a lot of run-ins with law enforcement.
And early Monday morning, he was arrested again. But this time, he found himself at a hospital with a minor gunshot wound to his thigh as the result of an accidental firearm discharge by one of the men sent to take him into custody.
According to a press release from the Fort Wayne Police Department, members of the FWPD’s vice and narcotics squad, as well as members of the Emergency Services Team, went to a home in the 300 block of East Branning Avenue at 6:40 a.m. Monday.
They were there to arrest Houston, this time on four charges of dealing cocaine or heroin and three additional charges of dealing cocaine. As they were taking him into custody, an officer’s weapon fired accidentally, striking Houston in the thigh, according to the press release.
Officers gave him immediate assistance and rushed him to a hospital, where he was treated and released.
Houston remains in the Allen County Jail on the aforementioned charges.
The unnamed officer who accidentally shot Houston has been put on paid administrative leave, as is department protocol.

rgreen@jg.net