{"id":2824,"date":"2026-08-25T02:02:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2026-08-25T02:02:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:02:40","slug":"texas-police-helicopter-captures-fatal-gunfight-with-suspect-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=2824","title":{"rendered":"Texas Police Helicopter Captures Fatal Gunfight with Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A Texas police helicopter captured a gunfight between a suspect and a Department of Public Safety trooper that ended with the suspect\u2019s death. Watch the footage above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chase Begins<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CBS affiliate KENS5 reports that the incident began to unfold on Sunday, Feb. 18 when a DPS trooper pulled over 33-year-old Ernest Montelongo in east Bexar County for an unspecified reason. During the traffic stop, Montelongo allegedly gave the trooper a false name and fled the scene, sparking off a high-speed chase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trooper lost sight of the Chrysler 300 during the chase, prompting him to radio a DPS aircraft crew that he needed help locating the vehicle. A helicopter responded shortly thereafter informing the trooper that the suspect was traveling westbound on I-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the video above, the helicopter provides the troopers with updates pertaining to Montelongo\u2019s location. At one point, the vehicle Montelongo is driving loses a tire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, troopers catch up to the vehicle as it drives the wrong way up an exit ramp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas Police Helicopter Captures Shooting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As the DPS vehicle catches up with Montelongo\u2019s car, his driver\u2019s side door opens. The police helicopter then warns the troopers that Montelongo was reaching for something under the floorboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s under the floorboard guys. Be careful. Be careful,\u201d the DPS pilot says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A second DPS vehicle blocks Montelongo\u2019s vehicle from oncoming traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s when Montelongo gets out of his car, raises a gun and fires it at a trooper, shooting him in the arm. Another trooper returns fire, striking Montelongo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A trooper can then be seen running over and tying a tourniquet onto the wounded trooper\u2019s right arm. That trooper was transported to an area hospital in the DPS helicopter and survived, KSAT<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n