HOUSTON — A 54-year-old man wearing body armor and carrying a rifle led Houston police on a dangerous chase near Audrey Law Middle School last month, according to police, with newly released dashcam and bodycam footage showing officers firing their weapons before taking the suspect into custody.

The incident occurred on Wednesday, May 7, in the mid-afternoon near Orem and Stancliff when Houston Police Department say officers approached a white Cadillac Escalade driven by Walter Howard. The chase happened approximately two hours before school dismissal.

Police say they had encountered Howard and his vehicle earlier while working undercover with the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force. Officers were originally looking for someone else but observed Howard leave his home wearing body a

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