The officer who died was identified as Jesus Vargas, a 17-year veteran of the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office. Police later killed the suspected shooter, 56-year-old Robert Davis III, after an hours-long manhunt.

Law enforcement officers line up to salute Brazoria County Sheriff's Office Deputy Jesus Vargas as his body is taken to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences from Ben Taub Hospital, after he was fatally shot while trying to serve an arrest warrant on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Houston. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)

The Houston Police Department said four men in their mid to late 20s were shot multiple times in a grassy, gated lot.

Brazoria County Sheriff's Office Deputy Jesus Vargas was shot and killed while serving a warrant on Robert Lee Davis.

Authorities say a man fatally shot a Texas sheriff’s deputy in southwest Houston, prompting a massive search involving multiple law enforcement agencies

A manhunt is underway in Texas after a Houston man shot and killed a deputy who was serving a warrant on him in the parking lot of a Dollar Tree, police said.

An officer was hospitalized and police were searching for one person after a shooting Thursday morning in southwest Houston, officials said. Officials with the Houston Police Department provided limited details about the shooting on Twitter,