Author: Houston Stringer

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...

A shooting occurred in the 14800 blocks of Crosswinds Dr. Friday evening in the Parkwood Estates neighborhood in northeast Houston.

The Houston Police Department along with the Houston Fire Department responded to a report of a shooting in the 500 Block of Berry Rd near Appleton St in the Northline area of Houston on August 18, 2022, just after 10:30 p.m. Upon arrival, they found one male victim that had been shot in the neck. The victim who has not yet been identified was found deceased at the scene but police said he is a black male likely in his mid-twenties. https://twitter.com/houstonpolice/status/1560478091767676928 During the initial investigation, police stated they believe there was some sort of argument that may have led up to the shooting. The male suspect fled the scene, possibly in a white truck. It is not known at this time if the suspect and the victim knew each other before the argument. ...

Dionate D. Banks, a 29-year-old man has been charged with murder and is now wanted in connection with the shooting that occurred outside the Bowlero Bowling Alley on August 14, 2022, that resulted in the death of Gregory Shead. According to police, charges have been filed against Banks in the 209th District Court. Gregory Shead, a 24-year-old father was shot and killed during an argument early Sunday morning between two groups of people outside of Bowlero, a Houston Bowling Alley located in the 900 Block of Bunker Hill, just south of I-10, the Katy Freeway. The shooting occurred at about 1:15 a.m. on August 14, 2022, just after closing. Police say two groups of people got into an argument in the parking lot of the Bowelero on Bunker Hill. During the argument, two shots wer...

Tomball police are searching for two men after they attempted to steal an ATM machine from a Chase Bank in Tomball Town Center early Wednesday morning before they realized it was too heavy. According to Tomball Police Chief Jeff Bert, just after midnight two men tried to steal the ATM from the Chase Bank shortly after midnight on August 17, 2022, using a pickup truck and a tow strap. After they arrived at the bank, the suspects tied a tow strap around the ATM and then attached it to their pickup truck. The suspects then used the pickup truck to yank the ATM machine off of its posts but couldn’t move it further than that. Officers with the Tomball Police Department arrived a few minutes later to find the ATM laying on its side, but the suspects had already fled. The ATM was not...

On Friday, August 12, 2022, firefighters with the Houston Fire Department responded to a report of a fire on the Crosby Enterprise that was docked in the Houston Ship Channel for construction. Upon arrival, firefighters saw smoke coming from the ship after the fire started in the living quarters for crew members from workers that were welding. All crew personnel were accounted for and off the ship, according to HFD. During the fire, HFD also stated a cooling station was set up using a City of Houston Metro bus for Houston Firefighters to cool off in as they worked in the blazing heat. Additional crews, including Hazmat also responded to help contain the fire and keep crews on a rotating basis in an attempt to cool them off. After multiple attempts were made to put out the...