HOUSTON — A federal lawsuit has been filed against Harris County and two sheriff's deputies on behalf of a woman who was shot five times during what authorities thought was a burglary response in February 2024.

Attorney Ben Crump filed the lawsuit in the Southern District of Texas on Monday on behalf of Eboni Pouncy, who was helping a friend break into her own apartment when Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a neighbor's burglary report.

The incident occurred on February 3, 2024, at the Pines of Woodforest apartment complex on Uvalde Road in Houston. According to the lawsuit, Pouncy and her friend had returned from dinner but discovered the friend had left her apartment key at the restaurant. Rather than wait for a locksmith, they decided to break a window to enter

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