HOUSTON – A Houston police officer is recovering after a shooting linked to a suspected road rage confrontation near Gessner and Hempstead late Saturday night. The incident brought a large response from HPD leadership, city officials, and union representatives who gathered at the hospital hours after the attack.

WHAT INVESTIGATORS REPORTED

The officer has been identified as Jake Parker, a patrol officer with three years of service. Parker was in a personal car, wearing a uniform, and driving toward a night shift around ten thirty when another driver approached the intersection.

According to investigators, a man stepped out of the second vehicle and fired into Parker’s window, striking his shoulder. Parker drove to the Northwest Station, where officers applied first aid before HFD crews

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