Clear Lake police search for suspect who shot and killed woman at apartment complex along Tanner Park Court at Kingspoint!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – A woman was shot dead outside her apartment in southeast Houston Friday night, according to police. Clear Lake police officers responded to a shooting at 10900 Tanner Park Court, south of Almeda Mall, around 11 p.m. Upon arrival, officers said they found a 51-year-old woman shot outside her balcony. An eyewitness who tried to help the victim told Eyewitness News that she was shot multiple times in the upper part of her body when he heard her say, “They caught me.” Investigators at the scene have…

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Robbers hold employees at knifepoint inside cell phone store on Shotwell near Fifth Ward area, HPD says!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Two men are on the run after holding employees at gunpoint inside a mobile phone shop. It happened on Saturday August 13th at about 4:10pm in Building 700 of Shotwell near Lyon Street. According to Houston police, the men, believed to be between the ages of 20 and 25, ran to stockpile staff and requested cash and cell phones from the back office. Police said one of the men was armed with a knife. Officials said the thieves took workers to the back office, removed cell…

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Houston crime: 3 wanted suspects caught on surveillance video robbing smoke shop on East Freeway, police say!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Three wanted suspects were captured on surveillance video of an alleged robbery at a smoke store in East Houston in June. Houston police just released a video of the burglary that took place at the 12800 block of the Eastern Highway. Police said the men pulled out guns and demanded money from the cash register. You can hear one of the suspects in the video shouting “Give me the money, brother.” The suspects took money from the register, as well as goods from the store before…

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Drive-by shooting: Man shot in the leg while walking by Wesley Gardens Apartments in southwest Houston near S Braeswood!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – The Houston Police Department is investigating a speeding car shooting that injured a man in southwest Houston on Friday. Police said the shooting occurred at approximately 10:45 p.m. at 8700 Block in Justin Lane, near Pricewood Street. Upon arrival, officers found a man with a bullet wound to the leg. HPD officers said they provided assistance by placing a tourniquet until paramedics arrived. The man was said to have been walking past the Wesley Gardens condominium complex when an unidentified car drove past it, opened fire…

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LGBTQ Houston: HPD safety seminar held as Texas challenge to federal anti-discrimination law upheld!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – The timing of the Houston Police Safety Seminar scheduled for Thursday night for the city’s LGBTQIA+ community was hard to ignore. The event, hosted by the department coordinator for this community, featured President Troy Viner and members affiliated with HPD departments such as Victims Services, Hate Crimes, Homicides, and Community Affairs. Unfortunately for those present, a political cloud hung over the proceedings. As reported by our partners in Houston Chroniclea federal judge recently ruled in favor of Texas’ challenge to the Biden administration’s guidance on anti-discrimination…

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George Floyd: Houstonian’s 2004 arrest by former HPD officer Gerald Goines denied pardon, lawyer Allison Mathis says!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – George Floyd’s recorded criminal past, including the arrest of a police officer in Houston, continues to leave the department in disgrace, as is for the foreseeable future. ABC13 learned Thursday that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles refused to remove Houston’s one-time 2004 arrest linked to Gerald Goins, the central figure in the failed 2019 Harding Street raid, from its record. Full Coverage: HPD Harding Raid Allison Mattis, the Harris County public defender who applied for Parson Floyd in April 2021, told Eyewitness News that…

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Pasadena family-owned business loses trailer, but gets it back after internet sleuths come together!

Pasadena, Texas (KTRK) – Thieves targeted small business owners Sunday night and stole a trailer they rely on to make deliveries. However, security camera footage, social media, and a good Samaritan helped make sure they didn’t lose their gear for too long. The Castillos own a party rental company, but Mondays were supposed to be all about their daughter. They planned to drop her in San Marcos in her freshman year of college. This was their main focus, until they woke up that morning and saw that their trailer was…

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Houston woman claims 2 men exposed themselves along different portions of popular Brays Bayou trail!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – A mom in southwest Houston warns others about a frightening situation she says happened to her while walking along the Brays Bayou Trail on Sunday. She didn’t say a single thing, but two men offered themselves to her. “I didn’t sleep well last night. I was really nervous. And I was kinda disappointed, because I really liked going down that path,” Andrea Dancak said in an interview Monday on ABC13 only. “There was a guy standing by that pharmacy who was a dry-cleaner with his pants…

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Houston crime: Tyric Davis arrested 18 months after dad and 10-year-old son shot on North I-610 Loop!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – It’s been 1 year, 6 months and 12 days since the shooting of a 10-year-old boy and his father in an act of road rage in the North Loop during a simple drive home from school. At the time, the boy, who was hit in the back and leg, required surgery to remove a bullet in his limb, all while the person responsible was still at large as of last weekend. The video above is from ABC13 Houston’s Streaming 24/7. Houston police announced Monday that they…

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Gregory Shead murder: Suspect Dionate Banks claims self-defense, but victim seen trying to break up fight, document reads!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Court documents state that the man accused of shooting a Houston-area former high school basketball star to death claimed the victim was on her way to a “shooting place” when a fight broke out in a bowling alley parking lot. Despite the claim, witnesses told police that 24-year-old Gregory Shedd, who died early Sunday morning in Bowlero on Bunker Hill Road, was not carrying a firearm at the time and was already trying to break up the fight. The details are part of the Dionate Desmond…

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