Who Is Roland Caballero From Houston? Shooting Suspect Caught On Video, Officers Shot

Roland Caballero is the suspect who shot three officers in Houston.  

Roland Caballero has police records dating back to 2008, writes Click Houston. He is now taken into custody. 

Who Is Roland Caballero From Houston?

Roland Caballero is the shooting suspect who gunfire on three Houston police officers. After suffering a gunshot in his neck, he was hospitalized.

Court documents and police records suggest that he has been arrested multiple times on different charges. Katy Independent School District police arrested him for deadly conduct in December 2008.

Likewise, in June 2009, he was found guilty and was given a five-day jail term. Again, he was arrested in September 2013 for unauthorized possession of a firearm by a felon.

In June 2014, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years. However, he was freed before completing it.

News sources noted that he was arrested in August 2017 on felony drug charges. He was sentenced to a year in prison after finding guilty two months later.

The tale does not end here as he was detained again in November 2019 on a drug charge, was convicted in June 2020, and sentenced to 90 days in prison.

Additionally, according to paperwork filed with the Harris County Clerk’s office, he was arrested twice more in the previous two years. However, the charges were dismissed.

Shooting Suspect Roland Caballero Caught On Video

Roland Caballero, the shooting suspect, was caught on video when he was carjacking an innocent woman’s white Mercedes after fleeing a gunfight with police near downtown. 

The video has not appeared on the internet, but it is said that it captures heavy gunfire at the scene. The incident occurred when the officers responded to a disturbance complaint in the 1500 block of Tralee Street on Thursday.

He fled the area as soon as he saw the officers, according to police. He crashed out near McGowen and Hutchins and began firing at cops as soon as they arrived.

Officers returned fire on him, although it’s unclear if he was hit. He carjacked a white Mercedes Benz at gunpoint after getting out of the car. 

That’s when he led cops on another chase, this time ending in the 1800 block of Lockwood. Caballero reportedly barricaded himself in the house for hours until being apprehended about 7 p.m.

Officers Shot When Chasing Roland Caballero 

Roland Caballero shot three officers when they were chasing him. The victims who were shot on McGowen Street were taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, reports KHOU.

According to officials, one of the cops was wounded in the arm, another in the leg, and the third in the foot. Officer Gadson, 35, Officer Hayden, 32, and Officer Alvarez, 28 years old, were among the cops who were wounded.

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