The confrontation followed a chase that began shortly before 9 a.m. Monday when the suspect sped off

The confrontation followed a chase that began shortly before 9 a.m. Monday when the suspect sped off in his car rather cruises family than pull over as an officer had requested, Houston police spokesman John Cannon said. As the suspect fled, he sideswiped a white truck, which also took off after him, he said.
The suspect, identified cruises family by Cannon as Harlem Harold Lewis, 21, and the white truck eventually pulled into a nearby Maaco body shop, where Bellaire police Cpl. Jimmie Norman approached the vehicle. Cannon said an argument apparently erupted, and the suspect pulled out a .380 caliber handgun and shot Norman.
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The parking lot of the body shop remained cordoned off with yellow police tape hours after the shootings. Officers milled around, collecting evidence and discussing the incident. The owners of a nearby auto parts store closed up early for Christmas, although other stores cruises family in the strip mall remained open as people rushed in for last-minute holiday errands.
Stephanie Pacheco, who works at the auto parts store, said she saw the officer get out of his patrol cruises family car in the parking lot next door and approach the driver. The officer cruises family opened the suspect's car door and tried to pull him out, she told the Houston Chronicle.
The bystander was shot at close range and died at the scene, Cannon said. It wasn't clear why the man stepped outside the body shop or whether he was an employee or a customer, he added. Norman was rushed to a hospital and died there.
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