On this
date, July 20, 1988, Officer Elston Howard of the Houston Police Department,
Texas, was killed in the line of duty. Let us honor this fallen policeman and
thank God, that justice was served, as the Cop Killer, Robert Jennings was
executed on January 30, 2019.
Officer Elston Morris Howard
Houston Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Wednesday, July 20, 1988
Bio
Age: 24
Tour: 5 years
Badge: Not available
Incident Details
Cause: Gunfire
Weapon: Handgun
Offender: Executed in 2019
Elston Morris Howard
Officer Elston Howard, a vice officer,
was shot and killed when he interrupted a robbery at an adult bookstore.
He was inside the bookstore writing citations for city ordinance violations to the manager when an armed subject entered the store with the intention of robbing it. When the man saw Officer Howard he shot him three times, killing him, and then robbed the store.
The man fled the store and then shot and wounded his accomplice when the man attempted to push him out of their car after learning Officer Howard had been shot.
The subject's accomplice was sentenced to 55 years in prison. The man who shot Officer Howard, had been released from the Texas Department of Corrections after serving 10 years of a 30-year sentence for a robbery spree. Following Officer Howard's killing, the suspect was was sentenced to death and subsequently executed on Jan. 30, 2019.
Officer Howard, who served with the Houston Police Department for five years, was survived by his daughter, mother, sister and fiancee.
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Houston Police officers saluted to officer
Elston Howard's mother and family as they walk into the Huntsville Unit on
Wednesday to witness their loved one's killer's final moments
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