Name not reported
A man held in the custody of San Jacinto County was shot and killed by a deputy assigned to watch him at a hospital in Kingwood, northeast of Houston, on February 24, 2025. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and the Houston Police Department said a struggle broke out over the deputy's gun and the deputy fired several times. One account says the struggle began when he asked for his leg restraints to be loosened after surgery, a detail the authorities' account has not confirmed. He has not been publicly identified, and the Houston Police Department's Special Investigations Unit is investigating the shooting. His sister, Sherree Brooks, said the family did not know he had been taken to that hospital and that he had been doing well when they last spoke.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. A San Jacinto County deputy shot him inside his hospital room at Kingwood Hospital, and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and Houston Police say it happened in a struggle over the deputy's gun; another account says the struggle began when he asked for his leg restraints to be loosened.
Reported by: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office; Houston Police Department (outside investigators).