The “habitual felon” who got in a shootout with police last week that left three officers wounded is now facing additional federal charges for illegal modifications to one of the handguns used in the shootout.
Roland Caballero, 31, has a long rap sheet and has now been charged with three counts of attempted capital murder over the incident.
In addition, court documents filed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas show Caballero will also be facing two felony charges for possession of a machine gun and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
(one of the modified handguns HPD recovered from the scene)
Fox 26 reports, “Police say he used an auto sear on a Glock, making it fully automatic. In a photo obtained by FOX 26 of the alleged weapon, it also has a drum round, a magazine with dozens of rounds.”
Two of the wounded officers have been discharged from the hospital while the third officers is reportedly in stable condition but remains hospitalized.
Investigators say more than 80 shots were fired during the shootout.
According to court records obtained by ABC13, a witness told police that Caballero was “producing gun components called "switches" that turn semi-automatic pistols into fully automatic ones…”