HOUSTON – A former Houston Police Department officer has been found guilty of shooting his wife in the face with a rifle.
Galib Waheed Chowdhury, 31, was has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in first degree felony charges for shooting his wife back in June 2023.
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Chowdhury reported the shooting and allegedly told the call taker he shot his wife while he was attempting to shoot someone who was breaking into their apartment on Clay Road in northwest Houston. Investigators appeared to believe the shooting could be a possible case of domestic violence.
This was because Chowdhury’s wife wasn’t willing to give a statement to police but told medical staff the shooting wasn’t intentional. She gave officers consent to review the contents of her cellphone. Officers reviewed the following text messages between Chowdhury and his wife, he allegedly sent his wife before the shooting:
“Wow, sh*t wife.”
“Pick up, b****.”
“I need to know ETA.”
Then-HPD Chief Troy Finner addressed the subject during a press conference back in 2023.
“It’s never easy to stand before you. Domestic violence is very serious in our community and also around the nation, and we stand here at HPD to do everything that we can to prevent that,” he said. “Once you put that patch on and that badge on, you’re a police officer, and I expect you to conduct yourself at all times as a police officer. I’m very troubled on some things that we know now.”
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