Photo: Precint 4 / Courtesy
HOUSTON – Early Sunday morning Óscar Rosales allegedly shot officer Charles Galloway to death with an assault rifle during a traffic stop. The windshield of the Galloway patrol car was shattered and the dead policeman inside the vehicle.
Three days later Rosales was arrested in Mexico and upon arriving in Houston from Del Rio, Texas, the defendant was handcuffed with the officer’s handcuffs which he allegedly killed.
Rosales was transferred to Houston this Wednesday afternoon in the custody of Houston Police investigators who traveled to Del Río after the defendant was captured in Mexican territory.
Harris County Precinct 4 Police Chief Mark Hermann shared photos of Rosales arriving at Hooks Airport this Wednesday night and where the alleged murderer can be seen handcuffed with Galloway’s handcuffs walking towards a patrol that would transfer them to the Harris County Jail.
SUSPECTED COP MURDERER BACK IN HOUSTON!
Murder suspect, Oscar Rosales is back in Houston after being captured by US Marshals in Mexico.Constable Deputies were there when he arrived at Hooks Airport and are now escorting him to jail. pic.twitter.com/eVgCkppO2U
— Mark Herman, Harris County Constable Precinct 4 (@Pct4Constable) January 27, 2022
Authorities released details about the arrest of the man accused of gunning down Galloway in southwest Houston.
Rosales was arrested this Wednesday by federal agents in Mexico. The suspect apparently fled Houston shortly after he shot the officer.
Rosales faces charges of aggravated homicide after shooting the police officer on Beechnut Street with an assault rifle, according to the Houston Police.
The defendant fled and was found by US Marshals agents.
The authorities reported that after resolving some immigration issues they were able to transfer Rosales to Houston.
The defendant had managed to cross into Mexican territory. Rosales’ arrest occurred in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, 350 miles from Houston.
In the first photos distributed to the media, Rosales is seen in handcuffs and guarded by Mexican police and US agents.
More details of the attack that cost the life of the Police District 5 officer and who had ordered to stop the vehicle in which Rosales was traveling after having -allegedly- committed a traffic violation.
The events and the attack were recorded on Officer Galloway’s body camera and on that of the police patrol.
In the indictment against Rosales it was reported that the shots were clearly fired at the officer through the windshield. The officer received several bullets, one of which hit him in the face on the left side.