HOUSTON (CW39) — A man who was shot by Houston police officers while in a vehicle in Highland Village was charged with a felony, police said.
Jamarcus Oneal Spates, 30, was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle on Wednesday, two days after nine HPD officers fired their weapons at him while he was in a car on Westheimer Road.
According to court records, Spates allegedly assaulted his mother and took her car from her home in Fort Bend County.
Man in suspected stolen vehicle shot by HPD officers in Highland Village
Later that day, an off-duty HPD officer working an extra job at a business in Highland Village spotted the vehicle with Spates inside. After discovering it was reported stolen, uniformed HPD officers came to the scene…