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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The courage and decisiveness of Officer Christopher |
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M. Sellers of the Houston Police Department have been recognized |
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with the 2008 State of Texas Law Enforcement Achievement Award for |
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Valor; and |
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WHEREAS, A law enforcement professional with 13 years of |
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experience, Officer Sellers was visiting an apartment complex with |
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his partner on the morning of September 17, 2008, when he heard a |
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child screaming for help; and |
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WHEREAS, Following the screams, Officer Sellers came into an |
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alley and found a man with a sawed-off shotgun grabbing a young boy; |
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when the officer tried to reach the boy, the assailant held on and |
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pointed his weapon at the boy's head; and |
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WHEREAS, Officer Sellers fired on and wounded the suspect, |
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who released the boy and fell to his knees; as his partner helped |
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the boy, Officer Sellers ordered the suspect to drop his gun, and |
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when the man refused, the officer was forced to fire again; and |
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WHEREAS, The suspect was a drug user with a history of |
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threatening the children in the neighborhood; in this difficult and |
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dangerous situation, Officer Sellers put the safety of the young |
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boy above all else, and his swift and decisive action saved the life |
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of the child and made the neighborhood safer; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Officer Christopher Sellers on his |
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receipt of the 2008 State of Texas Law Enforcement Achievement |
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Award for Valor and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Officer Sellers as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |