A deputy constable in Texas was "ambushed" and allegedly shot by a robbery suspect following a police pursuit in Harris County on Friday, Mark Herman, Harris County Constable for Precinct 4 confirmed.
The deputy constable was identified by Herman as Deteryon Fontonet.
"PLEASE PRAY FOR CONSTABLE DEPUTY DETERYON FONTONET," Herman wrote on social media. "Please keep Deputy Deteryon Fontonet in your prayers. He was transported to a local hospital after he was ambushed and shot by a robbery suspect today."
The unidentified suspect was later taken into custody, Herman said.
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"Our deputy is going to be OK, he’s just going to need some surgery on his face," Herman later said during a press conference. "The good lord was looking out for our deputy and I guess you could say the good Lord was looking out for this suspect that we didn’t kill him because we would have been within our rights to do so."
Herman said there were 16 holes in the deputy’s patrol car "and there’s even holes through the window of the car where the deputy was standing."
He said he plans to seek attempted capital murder of a peace officer charges.
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"This is just the world we live in," he said.
The high-speed chase began after the suspect allegedly robbed two different Academy stores in Harris County with an AR-15, then failed to stop for Fontonet who recognized the suspect's vehicle.
Fontonet was then fired on in the 5300 block of Slashwood Lane in Spring by the fleeing suspect, who ran into a home.
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The suspect was taken into custody after deputies surrounded the home where they were hiding.
