‘Person of extreme importance’ in the fatal shooting of HPD Sgt. Rios taken into custody on DWI charges, documents show

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HOUSTON – A “person of extreme importance” in connection with a gun battle in November that killed a Houston police sergeant was, according to documents, taken into custody Monday on the basis of two unrelated charges.

Houston police said detectives were looking for 24-year-old Jason Vazquez to question him about the November 9 death of Houston Police Department Sgt. Sean Rios along the North Freeway.

Investigators said Vazquez, who was not charged in the shooting, was seen talking to 24-year-old Robert Soliz Jr., who has been charged with murder in connection with the case after the shooting.

Vazquez is being held in the Harris County Jail on two DWI charges as of September 2019.

Police said they believe Rios was trying to intervene in an earlier exchange of gunfire between two vehicles on the highway when he was killed.

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