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Houston crime: Fight with girlfriend’s coworker leads to deadly shooting of man at apartment on Overbrook Lane, HPD says!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – A man was killed in a shooting inside an apartment in West Houston – while a child was sleeping near him. The shooting occurred at an apartment complex at 12400 Block Overbrook Lane near Ashford Hollow Lane around 10:10 p.m. Thursday. When Houston police arrived, they found a man with two or three gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators said the victim’s girlfriend lived in the apartment. She was at her apartment Thursday night with a co-worker who investigators said was the…

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Houston crime: Over 20 shell casings found after man and woman shot while sitting inside car in Greater Eastwood!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Police are searching for a gunman after shooting a man and woman while they were sitting in a car in the greater Eastwood area overnight. The shooting took place just before midnight at 1100 Block of Dumbbell Street near Park Street. The woman was found with a wound to her back and possibly the back of her head. First Lieutenant Isaguirre of the Houston Police Department said it was unclear if she was hit by a bullet or grazing. Police said the man was hit in…

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Houston crime: Man shot and killed after fight with suspects outside convenience store on Berry Road!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Police are looking through surveillance video and speaking to witnesses after a man was shot and killed in Northeast Houston. Investigators said the shooting took place outside a convenience store in the 2500 block of Perry Road near Jensen Road shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday. Houston police said officers arrived at the scene and found the man dead in a parking lot. Police said the victim clashed with a group of men and was then shot and killed. Investigators did not have details of the possible…

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Man riding skateboard killed in hit-and-run crash with wanted driver on Norwood Street in east Houston, HPD says!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Police are searching for a driver accused of hitting and killing a man on a skateboard in East Houston. Officials said a man in his 30s was riding a skateboard on the Hike and Bike Trail when he collided with a person driving a dark, northbound sedan on Norwood Street. A friend of the victim called 911. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the sedan driver did not stop after the accident. Investigators are now looking for surveillance video to see if they…

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Houston crime: Man shot twice on porch of vacant Midtown home on Chenevert Street may be homeless, HPD says!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Houston police are working to determine if the downtown shooting was justified. Officers said the man who was shot may have been homeless. The shooting took place on the front porch of a house on Chenevert Street near Tawam Street, near Baldwin Park, just before 10 p.m. Thursday. The alleged shooter lives with his mother at 2800 block in Chenevert, although the shooting took place in an empty house next door. The man’s mother told police she heard her son leave, then heard gunshots about 10…

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Houston crime: Gunman shot man multiple times before stealing his car outside AM Mini Mart on Weston Street, police say!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Police say a man died after being shot during a suspected carjacking on Houston’s south side overnight. Investigators believe the man in his mid-30s worked at the AM Mini Mart in the 6500 block of Weston Street near Kelso Street. This is where the shooting happened around 11:50 p.m. on Tuesday. Houston police said there were witnesses who were driving when the whole matter came to light. Witnesses said the suspect fired several times at the victim’s car before removing the victim from the driver’s seat.…

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Man held baby while resisting officers after SWAT standoff at apartment on Locke Lane in west Houston, police say!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – A man resisted officers while carrying a baby after a standoff between Special Forces in western Houston ended early Monday morning, according to police. Officers said the man, who was armed with a rifle, held his 20-year-old girlfriend against her will in an apartment at 7954 Lock Lane, near Voss and Westheimer. Houston police received a phone call from members of the friend’s family around 1:30 a.m. They told the officers that the woman said she was very scared and asked the family to take her…

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Houston crime: Man killed in drive-by was shot at least 5 times on Braeburn Glen Drive, police say!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – A drive-by shooting on the southwest side of Houston overnight killed a man and police with very little information. The shooting took place at Building 9700 of Braeburn Glen Drive at approximately 9:40 p.m. Monday. Homicide investigators were working to find out who shot the man and why. HPD said they received a 911 call about the vehicle, and when officers arrived in the area, they found the victim in the middle of the street in critical condition. He was taken to the district hospital, where…

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Man dies after grabbing onto moving car and falling off on West Montgomery in Acres Homes area!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – A man died after falling from a car, and police said the driver may not have known he was there. Eyewitnesses told the police that the man grabbed the vehicle, which had stopped at a red light. He reportedly held a few blocks before falling into the 9500 block in West Montgomery near Ellington in the Acres Homes area Thursday night. Houston police said the driver continued to walk after the man fell, likely unaware that the man was hanging on his back. A passerby noticed…

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Man was driving wrong way before crashing into Komchop on Westheimer, witnesses say!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Police said a driver taking the wrong route was barely missing customers when he crashed into a restaurant in western Harris County. The accident happened just after 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday at 14,000 blocks of Westheimer Road in Komchop – a restaurant in West Africa. The owner said that at least a dozen customers were eating inside the restaurant when the accident occurred. Witnesses told ABC13 they saw the driver going the wrong way in Westheimer – traveling west in the eastern lanes – when he…

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