The Houston Police Department said the suspect accused of shooting and killing Brazoria County Deputy Jesus Vargas was shot to death, ending an hours-long manhunt.The initial shooting happened shortly before noon on Stella Link Road,

Law enforcement officers line up to salute Brazoria County Sheriff's Office Deputy Jesus Vargas as his body is taken to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences from Ben Taub Hospital, after he was fatally shot while trying to serve an arrest warrant on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Houston. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)

The officer who died was identified as Jesus Vargas, a 17-year veteran of the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office. Police later killed the suspected shooter, 56-year-old Robert Davis III, after an hours-long manhunt.

Brazoria County Sheriff's Office Deputy Jesus Vargas was shot and killed while serving a warrant on Robert Lee Davis.

A manhunt is underway in Texas after a Houston man shot and killed a deputy who was serving a warrant on him in the parking lot of a Dollar Tree, police said.

We're learning more about the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office deputy who was shot and killed in southwest Houston on Wednesday. According to authorities, the incident unfolded around 11:30 a.m. in a strip center off Stella Link Road just inside the South Loop.

Brazoria County deputy Jesus Jesse Vargas was shot and killed in southwest Houston on Wednesday while attempting to serve a warrant to a suspect. Leaders including Houston Mayor John Whitmire, Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz and Brazoria County Sheriff Bo Stallman spoke about the shooting and the efforts to find the gunman.