HEDWIG VILLAGE, Texas (AP) — A Houston-area police officer has returned fire and fatally shot a man who fled during a traffic stop.

Hedwig Village police Chief David Gott says the officer escaped injury Monday night when a bullet fired by the suspect tore through his pants leg.

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