Bodycam shows wild Houston gunfight as officers respond to active home invasion robbery
Houston PD bodycam shows shootout with home invasion suspects in front of mother and children
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Houston police have released a series of bodycam videos showing officers respond to an active home invasion robbery when one of the suspects ambushed them with gunfire in front of a mother and her children.
Three men were arrested, including two gunmen who appear inside the home on video and their alleged getaway driver, according to authorities.
A mother on the floor pleading for help inside warns officers that "there's another" when they enter the home and encounter the first suspect in her kitchen.
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A second later, the second man popped out of a back doorway and opened fire.
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One of the officers suffered a gunshot wound to the leg after police say Raymond Perez, 35, began shooting.
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Video shows he immediately returned fire as he collapsed to the ground. At the same time, the other officer handcuffed Michael Perez, 38, in the kitchen of a home on Alderney Drive. The video shows he recovered a handgun during the arrest, and Perez can be heard telling the officer he also had a knife.
Raymond Perez fled out the back door, but backup officers captured him on the street about a block away, the video shows.
WATCH: Houston PD bodycam shows shootout with home invasion suspects in front of mother and children
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The wounded officer, Scott Durfee, struggles through the pain on the floor as he keeps his weapon up in an effort to protect a woman and her children who were just a few feet away during the exchange of gunfire.
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His partner handcuffed Michael Perez and then raced over with a tourniquet. An ambulance arrived a few minutes later to take Durfee, an 8-year veteran of the department, to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. He was treated and has since been released.
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Police later arrested a third suspect, the alleged wheelman identified as Brian A. Garcia Chavez, 18, on Hollister Road.
The younger Perez faces charges of aggravated assault against a public servant, aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and unlawful carrying of a weapon. When police arrested him, he was already wearing an ankle monitor.
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The other two men face charges of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
The shooting happened on Sept. 17, but police released the video Thursday. In addition to the criminal investigation, all police-involved shootings are reviewed by internal affairs and the Harris County District Attorney's Office, police said.
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Fox News' Sophia Compton contributed to this report.