( CNN ) -- A police officer and a bystander died from wounds suffered in a parking lot shootout after a car chase in a Houston metropolitan area Monday morning , police said . Cpl . Jimmie Norman , a 24-year veteran of the Bellaire , Texas , police , died at a hospital , said Chief of Police Byron Holloway . Holloway did n't identify the other man who was killed . He described him as a local businessman who `` was coming to the aid of Officer Norman '' after the chase ended in Houston and the shooting began . The suspect was shot twice by other officers from Bellaire , Holloway said . `` Jimmy had a police mind and a big heart , '' said Holloway , who has been with the small , tight-knit department for 37 years . `` He was always thinking about things that would better the department , better the city , better the working conditions of officers and better the way we could serve the citizens . '' Norman , 53 , was married and had two adult children , one of whom works with the police department , Holloway said . The pursuit started after a driver refused to stop when a Bellaire police officer tried to pull over his vehicle , Houston police spokesman John Cannon said . The fleeing car collided with a pickup truck , which then joined the chase , Cannon said . Norman , who was a patrol supervisor , and the truck driver followed the suspect into an auto parts business parking lot , he said . The suspect opened fire at Norman and shot and killed the local businessman , who came out to the parking lot . Backup officers arrived and exchanged gunfire with the suspect , who was struck twice , Cannon said . Norman died later at Ben Taub General Hospital , police said . The suspect is listed in critical condition at a hospital . `` We owe a great debt of thanks to Officer Norman and the thousands like him who ask for not much more than to be a good police officer and to come home safe , '' Bellaire Mayor Phil Nauert said in a written statement . CNN 's John Fricke and Alan Duke contributed to this report .
NEW : Bellaire officer Jimmie Norman , bystander killed by gunman . NEW : A man who was shot and killed in a shooting at the Bella Vista Mall is identified as James Edward Smith, age 35 of Houston. NEW : Other man killed was apparently coming to his aid . The suspect is listed in critical condition at a hospital .