SPRING, Texas (AP) - The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a man who died after he broke from police custody by shooting at deputies with a gun that had been hidden in his pants.
Sheriff’s department officials say 35-year-old Matthew Vincent Cobb was handcuffed when he broke free from custody, pulled a gun from his pants, shot a deputy and critically injured another person late Wednesday.
Police had been responding to a disturbance call between Cobb and his ex-wife. After Cobb broke free, he ran back into a house and began a standoff with deputies.
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A female hostage was able to escape when SWAT members entered the house. Cobb was found dead in an upstairs bathroom.
Sheriff’s department officials did not release a cause of death pending an autopsy.
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