Harris County Sheriff's Office Releases Video of Officer Involved Shooting

Jose Luis Centeno shooting at deputies.

NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY (Covering Katy News) – The Harris County Sheriff’s Office released video of the Oct. 31, 2018, officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of Jose Luis Centeno Jr., 17. The video was released to Covering Katy News and other media outlets on Monday morning.

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The video shows Centeno attempted to evade a deputy. The deputy tried to conduct a traffic stop after observing Centeno’s vehicle fail to stop for a school bus that was unloading students in the 7600 block of Spring Cypress Road. After a brief pursuit, Centeno’s vehicle became stuck in a ditch in the 14800 block of Stuebner Airline Road.

As deputies approached his vehicle on foot. Centeno disregarded the deputies’ verbal commands, then raised a handgun and fired in the deputies’ direction from the driver’s seat. Five deputies then returned fire, fatally wounding Centeno.

It was later determined that Centeno’s weapon was a replica air gun powered by a carbon-dioxide canister. See photo of the gun below.

The incident remains under investigation by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit and Internal Affairs.