Author: Houston Stringer

In a court ruling today, a federal judge in Texas signed an order that effectively blocks a law that was enacted after the Uvalde massacre. The law made it a crime for young adults between 18 and 20 years old from carrying handguns for self-defense outside of their homes. In his order, United States District Judge, Mark Pittman ruled that it prohibiting young adults that are between the ages of 18 and 20 years old goes against the Second Amendment. Mayor Sylvester Turner released the following statement Thursday night: "The State of Texas has not changed a single law since Uvalde. Now, just as young students are returning to school, high school seniors who are just turning 18 can openly carry a handgun? Making gun access – with no background checks or training - is making it harde...

A lawsuit has been filed in Florida after several customers were reported to police for stealing cars from Hertz. This caused the police to not only pull them over, but in some cases, the customers were held at gunpoint, arrested, and charged with grand theft auto. Similar cases have been filed across the country over the last few years. According to the lawsuit, filed in Miami's 11th Judicial Circuit, on August 15, 2022, this is not a new problem and has been happening for years and accuses the car rental company of putting profits first, and their customer's liberty and freedom last by ignoring policies they enacted to deal with "overdue" and "lost inventory" case. Furthermore, the lawsuit quotes Hertz from an article written in The Philadelphia Inquirer on August 3, 2020, by Sam W...

Humble ISD sent out an e-mail to parents this morning advising them that both Humble Middle School and Whispering Pines Elementary were placed in "Secure the Perimeter Status" Thursday morning. This was triggered by a report of a bullet entering a nearby resident's home. From Humble ISD: "At approximately 9:55 a.m., HMS and WPE campuses were placed on Secure the Perimeter status out of an abundance of caution. A homeowner who lives in close proximity to Humble Middle School reported sounds of gunfire and that a round entered his home, grazing the refrigerator. Humble ISD Police and Precinct 4 officers are on the scene.  Secure the perimeter is a course of action necessary when incidents arise during the school day that are outside of the school building. Students and staff can ...

Kenneth A. Ward, of Houston, TX has been arrested in connection with a road rage incident that happened on August 3, 2022 for a felony charge of aggravated assault. Kenneth Ward (Credit: Haris County Precinct 1) The case, which has been filed in Harris County District Court (Case No. 178392901010), gives us a bit more info about what led up to the chase. According to court documents, the incident started at about 8:25 p.m. when the driver of the Mini-Cooper turned onto Morrison Street from White Oak Drive in the heights. The driver stated that this is when he noticed a black truck, which was traveling at a high rate of speed. The driver of the truck, Kenneth Ward became aggressive at this point and started honking at the Mini-Cooper and started to tailgate the Mini-Cooper. Ward...

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.