WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:03:23" NOTE recognizability:0.889 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.85864856 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.828 Topping the hour. NOTE Confidence: 0.85864856 00:00:00.828 --> 00:00:02.484 The hunt continues for the man NOTE Confidence: 0.85864856 00:00:02.484 --> 00:00:04.430 who shot 3 Harris County Precinct NOTE Confidence: 0.85864856 00:00:04.430 --> 00:00:06.080 4 deputies over the weekend. NOTE Confidence: 0.85864856 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:07.094 The shooting happened NOTE Confidence: 0.85864856 00:00:07.094 --> 00:00:08.108 early Saturday morning, NOTE Confidence: 0.85864856 00:00:08.110 --> 00:00:10.846 just outside a club on the north side. NOTE Confidence: 0.85864856 00:00:10.850 --> 00:00:12.458 Deputy Cream Atkins was NOTE Confidence: 0.809133216666667 00:00:12.470 --> 00:00:14.790 killed. Deputies Garrett and NOTE Confidence: 0.809133216666667 00:00:14.790 --> 00:00:17.690 Joaquim Barthen were injured today. NOTE Confidence: 0.809133216666667 00:00:17.690 --> 00:00:19.455 Family and friends of Deputy NOTE Confidence: 0.809133216666667 00:00:19.455 --> 00:00:20.867 Atkins are talking about NOTE Confidence: 0.809133216666667 00:00:20.867 --> 00:00:22.528 the special human being. NOTE Confidence: 0.809133216666667 00:00:22.530 --> 00:00:23.534 He was any other. NOTE Confidence: 0.809133216666667 00:00:23.534 --> 00:00:25.040 Ruiz joins us live from police NOTE Confidence: 0.809133216666667 00:00:25.101 --> 00:00:25.998 headquarters with that NOTE Confidence: 0.809133216666667 00:00:25.998 --> 00:00:27.700 part of the story on ELE. NOTE Confidence: 0.913928034 00:00:31.210 --> 00:00:32.790 Well, that's right, special indeed. NOTE Confidence: 0.913928034 00:00:32.790 --> 00:00:35.070 He was and everyone is just NOTE Confidence: 0.913928034 00:00:35.070 --> 00:00:37.240 calling it this senseless killing. NOTE Confidence: 0.913928034 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:39.480 You know that injured two of his NOTE Confidence: 0.913928034 00:00:39.480 --> 00:00:41.511 best friends and left Atkins dads NOTE Confidence: 0.913928034 00:00:41.511 --> 00:00:43.509 and now police are telling us NOTE Confidence: 0.913928034 00:00:43.509 --> 00:00:45.756 that they were in the parking lot NOTE Confidence: 0.913928034 00:00:45.756 --> 00:00:48.535 trying to detain a person for a NOTE Confidence: 0.913928034 00:00:48.535 --> 00:00:51.110 possible robbery or a disturbance. NOTE Confidence: 0.913928034 00:00:51.110 --> 00:00:52.826 And because of this senseless shooting, NOTE Confidence: 0.913928034 00:00:52.830 --> 00:00:55.558 now a wife is left without her husband NOTE Confidence: 0.913928034 00:00:55.558 --> 00:00:58.500 and a father for her two kids. 30 NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:00:58.510 --> 00:01:00.766 year old Precinct 4 Deputy Constable NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:00.766 --> 00:01:03.007 Kareem Atkins was gunned down on NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:03.007 --> 00:01:04.672 Saturday morning while working an NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:04.672 --> 00:01:07.159 extra job at a bar in North Houston. NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:07.160 --> 00:01:08.850 Family friends still finding it NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:08.850 --> 00:01:11.059 hard to believe that Kareem is gone. NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:11.060 --> 00:01:12.460 Cream didn't deserve this. NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:12.460 --> 00:01:14.716 Jimmy Vitela says Kareem was like a son NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:14.716 --> 00:01:17.485 to him when he moved to Houston years ago. NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:17.490 --> 00:01:19.330 Kareem was working as car NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:19.330 --> 00:01:20.802 dealership as a salesman. NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:20.810 --> 00:01:22.838 He later became an officer in NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:22.838 --> 00:01:24.993 College Station and then he moved NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:24.993 --> 00:01:26.828 to Precinct 4 Constables office. NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:26.830 --> 00:01:29.506 But he says everyone loved Kareem. NOTE Confidence: 0.8994577448 00:01:29.510 --> 00:01:30.770 Everywhere he went NOTE Confidence: 0.793602266666667 00:01:30.820 --> 00:01:32.633 there, there's not a person in this NOTE Confidence: 0.793602266666667 00:01:32.633 --> 00:01:34.866 world that I know that didn't like him. NOTE Confidence: 0.793602266666667 00:01:34.870 --> 00:01:36.730 I mean, you couldn't help, but like you know, NOTE Confidence: 0.793602266666667 00:01:36.730 --> 00:01:39.911 the guy was he was amazing. A friend, son. NOTE Confidence: 0.793602266666667 00:01:39.911 --> 00:01:43.340 You know he was there for you for anybody, NOTE Confidence: 0.898691011428572 00:01:43.470 --> 00:01:45.752 but it wasn't just a good friend NOTE Confidence: 0.898691011428572 00:01:45.752 --> 00:01:47.994 and deputy Jimmy says he was also NOTE Confidence: 0.898691011428572 00:01:47.994 --> 00:01:50.260 a good father and husband to Nadia, NOTE Confidence: 0.898691011428572 00:01:50.260 --> 00:01:52.660 always putting his family first. NOTE Confidence: 0.898691011428572 00:01:52.660 --> 00:01:54.892 Matter of fact, he says Kareem and his NOTE Confidence: 0.898691011428572 00:01:54.892 --> 00:01:57.043 family had just bought a new house in NOTE Confidence: 0.898691011428572 00:01:57.043 --> 00:01:59.092 July and they were supposed to take NOTE Confidence: 0.898691011428572 00:01:59.092 --> 00:02:01.024 a Disney trip on Saturday morning. NOTE Confidence: 0.898691011428572 00:02:01.030 --> 00:02:03.934 He had 15 minutes left in his shift. NOTE Confidence: 0.916033098333333 00:02:03.990 --> 00:02:06.408 She text him close to midnight. NOTE Confidence: 0.916033098333333 00:02:06.410 --> 00:02:08.130 You know, telling, telling her, NOTE Confidence: 0.916033098333333 00:02:08.130 --> 00:02:10.150 telling him that you know, babe, NOTE Confidence: 0.916033098333333 00:02:10.150 --> 00:02:11.750 you're gonna be really tired. NOTE Confidence: 0.916033098333333 00:02:11.750 --> 00:02:13.437 You know this. Brought it to her NOTE Confidence: 0.916033098333333 00:02:13.437 --> 00:02:14.960 and said that's what dads do. NOTE Confidence: 0.936915945238095 00:02:15.090 --> 00:02:17.001 Jimmy says one of the hardest things NOTE Confidence: 0.936915945238095 00:02:17.001 --> 00:02:18.956 for his wife Nadia has been trying NOTE Confidence: 0.936915945238095 00:02:18.956 --> 00:02:21.070 to tell their two year old daughter NOTE Confidence: 0.9215497175 00:02:21.140 --> 00:02:24.834 having a hard time. Trying to figure NOTE Confidence: 0.9215497175 00:02:24.834 --> 00:02:26.990 out how to tell his little girl. NOTE Confidence: 0.9215497175 00:02:26.990 --> 00:02:29.102 You know that her dad is not coming NOTE Confidence: 0.9215497175 00:02:29.102 --> 00:02:31.067 home because she keeps asking for him. NOTE Confidence: 0.950658170909091 00:02:31.130 --> 00:02:32.695 But now Jimmy says they're NOTE Confidence: 0.950658170909091 00:02:32.695 --> 00:02:34.630 left with one mission in life. NOTE Confidence: 0.950658170909091 00:02:34.630 --> 00:02:36.340 They wanna keep Kareem's memory NOTE Confidence: 0.769242260526316 00:02:36.350 --> 00:02:38.005 alive they're gonna know you NOTE Confidence: 0.769242260526316 00:02:38.005 --> 00:02:39.986 know growing up who their father NOTE Confidence: 0.769242260526316 00:02:39.986 --> 00:02:42.058 was and how much a hero he was. NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:02:45.640 --> 00:02:46.916 Absolutely heartbreaking for that NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:02:46.916 --> 00:02:49.617 family and they have set up a go fund NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:02:49.617 --> 00:02:51.332 me to help with the funeral expenses. NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:02:51.340 --> 00:02:53.710 We have all of that information NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:02:53.710 --> 00:02:55.916 posted on our website at khou.com. NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:02:55.916 --> 00:02:57.500 As for the investigation, NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:02:57.500 --> 00:02:59.325 will the Houston Police Department NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:02:59.325 --> 00:03:00.785 is leading that investigation? NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:03:00.790 --> 00:03:02.812 So far no arrests have been NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:03:02.812 --> 00:03:04.160 made at this time, NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:03:04.160 --> 00:03:06.190 but if you have any information you're NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:03:06.190 --> 00:03:07.920 told to contact Crime Stoppers, NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:03:07.920 --> 00:03:11.168 there is a $5000 reward reporting NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:03:11.168 --> 00:03:12.536 in downtown Houston. NOTE Confidence: 0.924401174 00:03:12.540 --> 00:03:14.739 Annalise KJU 11 NOTE Confidence: 0.899981878695652 00:03:14.750 --> 00:03:16.928 news. Thoughts certainly go out to NOTE Confidence: 0.899981878695652 00:03:16.928 --> 00:03:19.445 the Atkins family Anayeli as well as NOTE Confidence: 0.899981878695652 00:03:19.445 --> 00:03:21.443 hoping that the other deputies recover NOTE Confidence: 0.899981878695652 00:03:21.443 --> 00:03:23.000 fully from the shooting. Thank you.