{"id":410978,"date":"2026-08-19T16:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410978\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:40:10","slug":"search-for-suspect-underway-in-se-houston-after-traffic-stop-turns-into-foot-chase-harris-county-pct-2-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410978\/","title":{"rendered":"Search for suspect underway in SE Houston after traffic stop turns into foot chase, Harris County Pct. 2 says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, August 19, 2026 4:22PM<\/p>\n<p>Watch Eyewitness News and ABC13 originals around the clock<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A search is underway for a suspect who fled from authorities on Wednesday morning, according to Harris County Precinct 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">SkyEye13 flew over a heavy law enforcement presence surrounding a southeast Houston apartment complex on Belfort at around 10:20 a.m., where a deputy could be seen being treated at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials said it all started with a traffic stop involving a wanted individual who allegedly fled from a Pct. 2 deputy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Deputies said at one point, the suspect stopped and reversed into the deputy&#8217;s vehicle before taking off on foot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Pct. 2 said the deputy injured his knee during the ordeal and was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The passenger in the vehicle was detained, but Pct. 2 said a ground search for the fleeing suspect is still underway.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, August 19, 2026 4:22PM Watch Eyewitness News and ABC13 originals around the clock HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[143508,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-410978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-143508","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}