Mistaken Identity: Texas Deputies Shoot Woman in Friend's Apartment

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Mistaken Identity: Texas Deputies Shoot Woman in Friend's Apartment
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A Houston woman, Eboni Pouncy, was shot multiple times by deputies responding to a call about an intruder in her friend's apartment, despite holding a legally registered gun. Body camera footage shows the deputies firing their weapons after seeing Pouncy approach the door with her handgun. Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump criticized the deputies' actions as unnecessary and excessive, demanding accountability. The incident is under investigation by the sheriff’s office homicide unit, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, and the sheriff’s office internal affairs unit, with the deputies involved placed on administrative leave.

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