Flags will be flown at half-staff for Texas officer killed in ambush that wounded 2 other deputies

Officers in Harris County, Texas, have ordered flags to be reduced to half-staff in honor of a deputy who used to be shot and killed Saturday in an ambush assault that left two different deputies wounded.

Gov. Greg Abbott accredited the reducing of flags on the request of Harris County Pass judgement on Lina Hidalgo following the loss of life of Harris County Constable Precinct 4 Deputy Kareem Atkins, KPRC-TV reported.

“The First Girl and I prolong our prayers of convenience to the Atkins circle of relatives all over their time of grief, and we urge all Texans to bear in mind and honor Deputy Constable Atkins’s public provider as a devoted regulation enforcement officer,” Abbott wrote in a letter addressed to Pass judgement on Hidlago, in keeping with the station.

Atkins lately returned to the power following paternity go away. He leaves in the back of a spouse and child, Herman stated.
(Mark Herman, Harris County Constable Precinct 4)

Atkins, 30, died of a gunshot wound after responding to a possible robbery and making an attempt to arrest a suspect, Constable Mark Herman shared on Facebook. 

All the way through the arrest of the suspect, a 2nd suspect gave the impression and opened fireplace on Atkins and 28-year-old Deputy Darryl Garrett with an AR-15 rifle, placing each deputies, Herman wrote. Deputy Juqaim Barthen, 26, heard the photographs and rushed to lend a hand however used to be straight away shot and immobilized.

Barthen heard the gunshots and rushed to lend a hand his fellow deputies however used to be straight away shot and immobilized, Herman stated.
(Mark Herman, Harris County Constable Precinct 4)

Herman famous that Garrett “used to be shot within the again and underwent surgical treatment and is within the ICU at Hermann medical institution downtown.”

Garrett “used to be shot within the again and underwent surgical treatment and is within the ICU at Hermann medical institution downtown,” Herman stated.
(Mark Herman, Harris County Constable Precinct 4)

“Deputies Atkins, Garrett and Barthen are true regulation enforcement heroes that have been cowardly ambushed whilst serving and protective their neighborhood,” Herman stated of the incident.

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Atkins served at Precinct 4 since January 2019, and “lately returned again to paintings after paternity go away and leaves a spouse and 6-month-old child,” Herman wrote.

The case stays beneath investigation via the Houston Police Division.

Fox Information’ Kyle Morris contributed to this record.