Waseem Jung

How they died

Deadly force

Officers pulled over Jung after he was driving erratically on Interstate 45 around 5:30 a.m. When officers exited their other, Jung open fire with several shots before speeding away. According to officials, Jung continued to fire shots at deputies from a semiautomatic assault rifle during a five-mile chase. Jung pulled into the drive way of his residence, failed to escape again, and exited his other. Jung and officers commenced in a shootout with over 50 rounds fired before Jung was struck multiple times and died on the scene. Sgt. Tommy Bohannon of the Harris County Sheriff's was critically wounded but survived his injuries.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Waseem Jung, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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