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15-year-old killed in drive by shooting in northeast Houston
Breaking News, Houston, Shootings

15-year-old killed in drive by shooting in northeast Houston

Police were dispatched to the 2900 Block of Brewster near US-59, the Eastex Freeway around 6:20 p.m in Houston’s Fifth Ward after a report of a drive by shooting. Upon arrival, police found a teenager that had sustained at least one gunshot wound. Paramedics rushed the teen to the hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. This is a developing story and we will update this page as soon as we have more information. https://twitter.com/houstonpolice/status/1559313512090025985?s=21&t=lNhqfoecpmanfIABf2hSJQ
A man was killed and two others were shot in the parking lot of Heart Nightclub on Washington Avenue in Houston
Shootings

A man was killed and two others were shot in the parking lot of Heart Nightclub on Washington Avenue in Houston

A man was killed and two other men were shot outside a popular nightclub in Houston Sunday night. The shooting occurred on August 15, 2022, when police say three men were shot outside of Heart Nightclub located at 5002 Washington Avenue possibly over an argument about a woman. This is not the first time there was a major incident in the Heart nightclub parking area. Two weeks ago, on August 1, 2022, a man was reportedly stabbed outside of a nightclub. Although, besides being in the parking lot of Heart, these two incidents are not related. https://www.youtube.com/embed/29HEyJ9UpoA Police believe the male victim was possibly shot by the woman's ex-boyfriend. The two other male victims that were shot were not being fired at but rather hit by stray bullets. The male victi...
A father of an 11-month-old baby was killed outside of a west Houston bowling alley
Houston, Shootings

A father of an 11-month-old baby was killed outside of a west Houston bowling alley

Greg Shead, a 24-year-old father was shot and killed during an argument early Sunday morning between two groups of people outside of Bowlero, a Houston Bowling Alley located in the 900 Block of Bunker Hill, just south of I-10, the Katy Freeway. The shooting occurred at about 1:15 a.m. on August 15, 2022, just after closing. Police say two groups of people got into an argument in the parking lot of the Bowelero on Bunker Hill. During the argument, two shots were fired, and at least one of them struck Greg Shead. He was pronounced dead on the scene. According to police at the scene, a white SUV was observed leaving the scene which may be connected to the shooting. Police are looking for this vehicle and stated there are several witnesses that remained on the scene to help with the inve...
A stray bullet hit a woman in a vehicle on Barberry Street in southeast Houston
Shootings

A stray bullet hit a woman in a vehicle on Barberry Street in southeast Houston

First responders in Houston responded to a report of a possible shooting in the 4100 Block of Barberry Street in Sunnyside, Houston on August 9, 2022, just after 10:30 p.m. at the King's Row Apartments, a housing development in southeast Houston. Upon arrival, first responders found a female that had been grazed by a stray bullet while in a vehicle. https://twitter.com/houstonpolice/status/1557250076728332288
Man shot at Lavender Food Mart in Trinity Gardens in northeast Houston
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Man shot at Lavender Food Mart in Trinity Gardens in northeast Houston

A store clerk may face charges after shooting and killing a man while defending himself at a neighborhood corner store in northeast Houston. The incident occurred in the Trinity Gardens neighborhood at the Lavender Food Mart located in the 8000 block of Lavender Street at Weaver Street. Police say around 8 p.m. the suspect, a 36-year-old man walked into the store. Police say they believe the man was intoxicated with some type of substance, but it is not clear at this time what this substance could have been. At some point, the man started to assault the convenience store clerk behind the register. The store clerk, who is 23 years old, then grabbed a gun and shot the man. Northeast Patrol Officers with the Houston Police Department were then dispatched to the scene and found the m...
A 21-year-old woman was ambushed walking back from the store in Houston’s Third Ward
Shootings

A 21-year-old woman was ambushed walking back from the store in Houston’s Third Ward

A 21-year-old woman is dead after Houston Police say she was ambushed when coming back from a store. The woman who has yet to be identified as police notify the next of kin was walking back from the neighborhood corner store just before 2 a.m. on August 8, 2022 in the 3700 Block of Faulkner in Houston's 3rd Ward. As she was nearing her home, a woman, jumped out at the victim who was walking by some parked cars and began shooting police say. It is not known how many rounds were fired, but according to initial reports, she might have been struck at least three times. Paramedics with the Houston Fire Department found her alive and rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she later died of her wounds. The suspect, who hiding between some parked cars fled the scene after shooting ...
Serial Road Rager terrorizes residents in the Heights neighborhood  of Houston
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Serial Road Rager terrorizes residents in the Heights neighborhood of Houston

A man that we caught on camera last week chasing a mini-cooper in the Heights area of Houston last Wednesday, has been connected to another road rage incident that also took place in the Heights at the end of June 2022. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jCLG0nSF6q4 The man, who drives a black Ford King Ranch pickup truck was caught on camera, yelling racist obscenities over a parking spot outside a restaurant by White Oak Dr. According to E. Rivera, who was with her kids at the time, the man was intoxicated and became upset when they wouldn't move from a parking space that he wanted after the family told them they were not leaving yet. At that point, Rivera stated that he started to curse at her kids because they were inside of the vehicle at the time and were not moving the vehicle...
Chase suspect from Galveston County shot after hitting a police officer with vehicle in Houston
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Chase suspect from Galveston County shot after hitting a police officer with vehicle in Houston

A suspect was shot after leading police on a chase from Hitchcock, Texas in Galveston County to the 500 Block of N Shepherd in Houston. The chase started just after 1 a.m. and ended just before 2 a.m. on August 7, 2022. The suspect was shot after hitting an approaching officer with his vehicle. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U5unxHD3gyk According to Chief Wilmon Smith of the Hitchcock Police Department, a police officer in Hitchcock, attempted to make a traffic stop at about 1:15 a.m. The suspect, a man, did not stop and fled from the officer. He made his way to I-45 and headed northbound towards Houston at a high rate of speed. Eventually, Chief Smith stated, a police unit was able to get in front of the suspect's vehicle and was able to stop the vehicle. The suspect then decide...
Road Rage: Houston man caught on camera chasing driver through the Houston Heights
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Road Rage: Houston man caught on camera chasing driver through the Houston Heights

Some tense moments in the Heights were captured on camera as a driver in a pickup truck chased down a Mini-Cooper in an apparent road rage incident. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mOZZlgpfJI4 This happened around 8:30 p.m. on N. Main and I-45 on August 3, 2022. Both drivers could be heard coming down N. Main, towards I-45 at a high rate of speed. The driver of the green Mini-Cooper decided it would be best to drive into a McDonald's parking lot and circle around it in an attempt to lose the black Ford F-150 Super Duty (King Ranch) truck that was chasing it. Fortunately, despite the Mcdonald's being open, no kids were outside when the cars sped through the parking lot. The Mini-Cooper driver then drove across the street to an Exxon gas station parking lot. There were quite a few c...