Handcuffed Texas Man Who Shot Deputies Identified

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.

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.