Javier Lopez

Deadly force

Police were investigating a robbery of a food delivery person by several reportedly armed people. Officers were directed to an empty apartment where the thieves were supposedly hiding. When they went in, there was a gunfight. They fled, and a foot pursuit began. During the pursuit, Javier Lopez allegedly fred several shots at the deputies. He eventually stopped near the complex leasing office, turned toward deputies and pointed a revolver at them. Ten Harris County deputies and one Cy Fair ISD police officer shot and killed him.