Author: Houston Stringer

HOUSTON, TX – The Houston Police Department’s after-hours club task force conducted an operation around 2:30 a.m. Saturday at a club called Underground Storage, located at 101 East Little York. https://youtu.be/W-KAN2bEJvQ Police said the raid followed a crash involving an HPD sergeant and a patron leaving the club. HPD had received multiple complaints of illegal alcohol sales, narcotics, and excessive noise at the location. During the operation, cocaine was located inside the club and seized by officers. Two individuals were arrested for selling alcohol as bartenders after legal sale hours, and three management employees were arrested for permitting after-hours alcohol sales. Multiple cases of untaxed and unpermitted alcoholic beverages intended for on-premises consumption were...

HOUSTON, TX – Police are investigating a shooting that injured two men in the parking lot in front of La Chona, located at 10211 Club Creek, around 3 a.m. Saturday. https://youtu.be/XyNjSV5Zspw According to Houston Police, officers with the Westside Patrol Division arrived to find two male victims with gunshot wounds, one approximately 25 to 30 years old and the other approximately 40 years old. One victim is in critical condition, and the other is in stable condition. Police said the shooting occurred outside a club that was closed for business but still had people inside. The motive and circumstances remain unknown. The Houston Police Department’s Major Assaults Division is investigating.

HOUSTON, TX – Police are investigating after a man and woman exchanged gunfire in the parking lot of the Sterlingshire apartment complex in the 9000 block of Sterlingshire around 9:30 p.m. Friday. https://youtu.be/RvAexHGplVg According to Houston Police, officers with the Northeast Patrol Division arrived to find that both individuals had sustained gunshot wounds during an altercation. The woman was transported from the scene to a local hospital in stable condition. The man was transported from a nearby location, and his condition is unknown. Police said a third woman, who was in a vehicle with a man, left the scene but was later located at another nearby location and detained. It is unknown if she will face any charges.

HOUSTON, TX – A two-alarm warehouse fire fueled by tires broke out around midnight behind Rug Mart Houston, located at 5910 Southwest Freeway. https://youtu.be/cc_4yMA4CY0 The Houston Fire Department said the exit from the Southwest Freeway southbound at Fountain View will remain closed most of the day as crews continue to monitor the site. HAZMAT teams are checking water runoff and air quality, and no environmental concerns have been reported at this time. Firefighters battled the blaze defensively from outside the structure, and the fire was still producing smoke at 6 a.m. The HFD Arson Bureau will work to determine the cause of the fire. The response was under the command of District 28. No injuries or patient transports have been reported. The HFD Arson Bureau will inv...