Source: Houston Chronicle, Tuesday, July 1, 1997, page 15A LTEs: Undercover officer shot, suspect killed in highspeed gunbattle By LISA TEACHEY Copyright 1997 Houston Chronicle An undercover Houston police officer was shot, the man he was pursuing was killed and a 3yearold girl was wounded Monday during a car chase that turned into a highspeed shootout through Bellaire. "It was a running gunbattle in cars," said Houston police spokesman Jack Cato, who gave this account: About 1:15 p.m., undercover narcotics officer Gerald M. Goines, 32, radioed for a marked patrol car to stop a Chevrolet Blazer in the 8900 block of South Main. It was still not clear late Monday why Goines wanted to stop the vehicle, occupied by two men and the girl. Moments later, Goines radioed the dispatcher he had been shot and was following the Blazer on Willow near Loop 610. By the time officers in marked cars caught up to Goines and the Blazer on Newcastle at Darsey in Bellaire, Goines was unconscious and crashed into one of the patrol cars. Officers surrounded the Blazer that had veered off the road near the stop sign, Cato said. When an officer told him to get out, the driver opened the door and slumped to the ground. The driver, Reginald Dorsey, 24, had been shot in the side. He was taken to Ben Taub Hospital, where he died about 5 p.m. Trinnis Durant, 23, the passenger in the Blazer, surrendered at the scene and was taken into custody. No charges had been filed against him as of late Monday night. The girl, whose relationship with the men in the car was not known late Monday, was wounded by flying glass and was taken to Ben Taub. She was in fair condition. Goines, who has been with the department for 12 years, was taken by Life Flight helicopter to Hermann Hospital where he underwent surgery. He is expected to make a full recovery. Two weeks ago, Goines won the power lifting event in the Texas Police Olympics, Cato said. He also won the title of "Strongest Peace Officer in Texas" two years in a row in the early 90s. [Editorial note: Why are they called "peace officers" when they are waging a drug *war*?] Monday's incident was the second time Goines had been wounded on duty. In January 1992, after a narcotics raid, he was shot in the cheek by a resident who thought he was a burglar. [Note: The Chronicle fails to mention that Goines was urinating against the resident's house.] Residents in the quiet community said gunfire was being exchanged between the two vehicles as they made their way through the neighborhood. A 9mm pistol was found in the Blazer, but investigators believe there may have been another weapon in the car, based on shell casings recovered near the shootout. "It was scary," said Debbie Baker, who watched part of the chase from her home in the 4500 block of Braeburn. Baker said she heard gunshots and told the person with whom she was talking on the phone. "It was more tongue in cheek at first because I thought it was a firecracker," Baker said. "But then I heard it again." Baker then walked out into her yard, where she saw the Blazer going south on Newcastle with the man on the passenger side hanging out the door. "I don't know if he was trying to duck or jump," Baker said. "Then the blue HPD car came and stopped at the stop sign (on Newcastle at Darsey). Then the red car (Goines') screeched and crashed into the HPD car." As more officers arrived and readied their guns to draw on the Blazer, Baker said she went back inside her home. "This is just not a normal occurrence at all," Baker said. "It's just unbelievable that it actually happened."