Video: Houston Police Officer Wounded in Hourslong Standoff

July 19, 2022

A Houston police officer was shot in both legs while he was responding to a report of a suspicious person with a weapon at an apartment complex, leading to a six-hour standoff.

By John Wayne Ferguson

Source Houston Chronicle

Houston police officers wait outside an apartment complex during a six-hour standoff in June with a suspect accused of shooting and wounding an officer in both legs.

The Houston Police Department on Monday released body camera video of a June standoff at a southeast Houston apartment that left an officer injured and a man dead by an apparent suicide.

The shooting happened at about 2 a.m. on June 18 at an apartment complex on Roydon Drive, police said.

Houston Police officer Sabeh Salameh was shot in both legs as he was responding to a report of s suspicious person with a weapon at the complex. The video shows Salameh falling to the ground after being shot and calling for help less than two minutes after arriving at the complex.

Police believe Salameh was shot by Jamemarkus Alexander Clemons, 25, according to a press release.

Police spent about six hours in a standoff with Clemons while he was inside an apartment at the complex. Hostage negotiators and family members attempted to talk to Clemons, according to police. Police said he shot and killed himself inside the apartment.

The body camera video shows police firing tear gas at the apartment Clemons was in, while the sounds of more gunshots could be heard coming from the apartment.

No officers fired their guns during the incident, according to the police department.

Salameh was released from the hospital not long after the shooting, according to the police department.

The incident is still under investigation by the department's special investigations unit and internal affairs division, according to the police department.

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