Author: Houston Stringer

According to a recent poll conducted by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 4 out of 10 Americans believe they will become a victim of gun violence in the next five years. The poll, which was conducted at the end of July, also found that Black Americans and Hispanic Americans are twice as likely to have experienced gun violence themselves or know someone that has already experienced gun violence. Most Americans surveyed in the poll (71%) all agree that gun laws should be somewhat stricter, with 59%, or nearly 6 out of 10 supporting a ban on semi-automatic weapons. There is also overwhelming public support for a federal gun law that will ban the mentally ill from obtaining guns legally. 52% of tho...

The daughter of fallen Houston Police Officer, Jason Knox was given a police escort to her first day of Kindergarten, along with her older brother. https://twitter.com/danielarizpe/status/1561744732145025027?s=21&t=0p_28U0gqEN3UL3z1qqzUQ Her father, Officer Jason Knox, was killed in the line of duty in a HPD helicopter crash back in May of 2020. Credit: Daniel Arizpe/Twitter

Tyric Davis (23), has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon during a road rage incident that happened back in 2021. Tyric Davis Booking Photo (Houston Police Department) The incident, took place on February 10, 2021, at 300 North Loop when the father attempted to pass Davis' vehicle. Davis then pulled in front of the father's car and slammed on the brakes before pulling a gun out and shooting at the father's vehicle, striking both the driver and his 10-year-old son, which led to a crash. The father was able to drive to an urgent care center as Davis continued to drive until his car stopped working after the accident, just a few blocks from the collision. Davis then fled the scene on foot. A warrant was issued for Davis in August 2021, but ...

Javier Raul Contreras (20) is now charged in connection with the murder of Jorge Jaimes on June 15, 2022.   Javier Raul Contreras Booking Photo (Houston Police Department) Contreras has been charged with two counts of aggravated assaults with a deadly weapon, according to HPD. On June 15, 2022, at about 9:50 p.m., police with the Houston Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the parking lot of a shopping center located at 12931 Nyack Drive. They found two victims, Jorge Jaimes and Julian Becerra, both 18 years old who had sustained gunshot wounds. Paramedics transported Jaimes to HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland where he later died. Police learned Jamies and Becerra were meeting with two other men when another man approached them and tried to rob them. J...

Holman Hernandez, a 50-year-old man, how now been arrested and charged with the kidnapping of a 3-year-old over the weekend. The 3-year-old was found in a motel with Hernandez after an intruder kidnapped her from her family's apartment early sometime between 11 p.m. Saturday night and Sunday at 5:30 a.m. when the family discovered their apartment door was open and the girl was missing. The family called the police and police searched the area. One of the residents of the apartment complex told officers that they saw the girl with a man and gave a description that led police to believe it was Holman Hernandez. They found his vehicle a block away from the kidnapping around 2 p.m. A nearby hotel manager alerted the officers that at about 7:30 a.m., they rented a motel to Holma...

Two suspects were detained after they led police on a chase through north Houston shortly before midnight on August 19, 2022. The chase came to an end on N. Wayside near Corpus Christi St after a tire blew out. The driver, a male suspect took off running, while a second suspect, a woman remained in the vehicle. It is unknown at this time why the driver fled, but according to initial reports, he allegedly hit an officer's vehicle at one point. We will update this page as we learn more information.

Houston Firefighters responded to a report of a fire inside the garage of the Flats on Tanglewilde, an apartment complex located at 2630 Tanglewilde in west Houston near S. Gessner Rd. Firefighters were first dispatched around 10:44 p.m. on August 21, 2022.

Two men were shot when a vehicle drove by a house and fired multiple rounds into a northeast Houston home in the Denver Harbor neighborhood of Houston. The shooting occurred just before 12:30 a.m. in the 600 block of Hoffman Street near Lyons Ave on August 21, 2022. Officers with the Houston Police Department responded along with the Houston Fire Department. According to police, there was a female and a baby inside the home at the time but they were not harmed during the shooting. One of the men was shot in the arm. Another was shot in the arm and a leg. Both men were transported to a local hospital. Officers are working on a suspect description, but have not released any suspect information at this time. The identities of the two male victims and their ages have also not been rele...

A man is fighting for his life after he was shot multiple times in front of his wife. The couple had just come back home from a bar in southeast Houston, according to Houston Police. This shooting occurred just outside of the Quail Meadows Apartments on the corner of Telephone Rd. and Red Robin Ln. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bXpPcKlw7Dc During a press briefing, Lt. Ignacio Izaguirre stated that at about 2:35 a.m., on August 21, 2022, southeast patrol officers were dispatched to a shooting in the 10200 block of Telephone Rd. Upon arrival, officers found an adult male with about 4 to 5 gunshot wounds. The first officer that arrived immediately began to administer first aid while the Houston Fire Department arrived. The man was taken to a local hospital via ambulance and was listed...

Three suspects were detained after leading police on a short chase in Houston before losing a tire during the chase. https://www.youtube.com/embed/h-0LhW8ls9k Officers with the Houston Police Department responded to a report of a burglary at the Foot Locker located in the 4400 block of the North Fwy in Houston. The suspects made their getaway around 1:30 a.m. The suspects at that point drove onto I-45, the North Fwy headed southbound and made their way to I-59, the Eastex Freeway. At one point, one of their tires came off and they decided to bail out in the 2200 block of the Eastex Freeway at Campbell. Two of the suspects were quickly detained by officers following them. One of them made their way into the neighborhood and a short manhunt ensued. A K-9 unit with the help of t...