Man Fatally Shoots Texas Officer Working Security at Mall

Man Fatally Shoots Texas Officer Working Security at Mall
Police gather at the main south entrance of PlazAmericas Mall as an ambulance backs into the area to take a patient after a shooting in Houston on Feb. 23, 2022. Michael Wyke/Houston Chronicle via AP
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HOUSTON—A Texas deputy constable working an off-duty security job at a Houston mall was fatally shot by a man who gained control of the officer’s own gun, police said. The suspect was shot by police and died at a hospital.

Deputy Neil Adams was working a second job Thursday afternoon at PlazAmericas mall in Houston when he was shot by a man in 30s, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said.