Officer Killed In Houston Police Helicopter Crash - AVweb

A Houston Police tactical flight officer is dead and his pilot in critical condition in a hospital after their helicopter crashed in a residential area early Saturday. Officer Jason Knox, 35, and pilot Senior Police Officer Chase Cormier, also 35, were responding to a call about 2 a.m. On the way to the call, the helicopter clipped a building and came down between apartment buildings in a densely populated area of the city. No one in the building or on the ground was hurt.


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Initial reports said gunfire, but that seems to have been just what they were responding to. Very sad.