Author: Houston Stringer

New York City resident, Alex Taveras applied for a gun license and was denied because of a domestic abuse case in 2011. He was asking specifically for a rifle or shotgun license in order to protect himself at his residence in the Bronx in 2018. The officers who were in charge of reviewing his application found the domestic abuse case on his record from 2011 and subsequently denied him a license, citing the domestic abuse case and arrest from seven years prior. The problem though was that the alleged victim of the 2011 domestic abuse case and arrest ultimately dropped the protective order issued against Alex Taveras and the charges were eventually dismissed. Alex Taveras decided to then bring the case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York stating th...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/fOErQkxci04 The family of a shoplifter who was killed after reaching for who, according to investigators, grabbed a Harris County Sheriff's Deputy's taser last week at a gas station in NW Harris County wants answers claiming the use of lethal force was unnecessary after viewing a cell phone video taken by a witness at the scene. The shoplifter, who has been identified as 47-year-old Roderick Brooks was shot and killed by a Harris County Sheriff's Deputy last Friday, July 8, 2022, while trying to be detained by a Harris County Sheriff's Deputy after a short foot chase in the 15000 block of Kuykendahl, in northwest Harris County. Brooks was being chased after he allegedly tried to shoplift a few items and pushed a manager at the Dollar General store lo...

A driver in NW Houston caused a major fire at a commercial roofing supply and distribution company after she was speeding down Mitchelldale St, just off of Antonie and US 290, and flipped her vehicle, causing it to catch on fire. The accident occurred at about 9:45 p.m. on July 11, 2022. Within minutes, the fire spread from her vehicle to supplies that were being stored in the parking lot of Commercial Distribution Specialists and staged for deliveries in the morning. These products, mostly made out of styrofoam, caught on fire and the fire spread quickly throughout the lot. The driver we are told somehow walked away without any major injuries. The roofing supply company had major damage to at least one semi-truck and products outside. The flames were high enough that transformers in fr...

The Houston Police Department along with the Houston Fire Department responded to a report of someone firing into the water (Greens Bayou) in the 13100 block of Northborough Dr, and that someone may have been shot around 10 p.m. on July 11, 2022. The shooting occurred in the Greenspoint area of Houston, TX. When the first responders arrived, they found a truck inside Greens Bayou that had been left running. Firefighters along with the Houston Police Department searched inside the vehicle and went up and down the bayou looking for victims. They did not find any. The person that called in the shooting reported seeing a "black male shooting a rifle" into the water. The truck, a black pickup truck that looked to be a Chevy Z71 had major damage to the front since it came down the bayou. T...

Harris County, TX - A woman was arrested in Harris County after a warrant was issued for her arrest and deputies with Constable Mark Herman's Office conducted a raid at her office on JFK Boulevard, near Bush Intercontinental Airport for taking part in a scheme to defraud financial institutions of more than $3.3 million dollars. According to the court documents, filed in Harris County District Court, Roekeicha Lashay Brisby of "Rose Credit Repair", would charge customers between $100 and $200 a month to fix their credit. She then created fraudulent police reports on behalf of the customer, using Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office as the reporting agency, (and also the arresting agency) without their knowledge claiming their identity had been stolen. The wording on the fra...

First responders in Houston were busy overnight, dealing with everything from car accidents and shootings. Below, you will find a few stories we came across last night and captured on camera. - In NW Harris County, an alleged shoplifter grabbed an officer's taser during a fight during the suspect's arrest around 6:30 p.m. on July 8, 2022. - At 12:05 a.m., (now July 9, 2022), first responders were dispatched to the 5800 block of Neches, (intersection of Kelley @ 59, just north of downtown, Houston) to a motorcycle rider that took a nasty fall. The status of the rider is unknown, but the scene was cleared fairly quickly and there did not appear to be a major accident. - Shortly after the motorbike owner took a fall, first responders were dispatched just before 1 a.m. to anot...

According to Sgt. Jason Brown during a press briefing, the incident started around 6:30 p.m., at the Dollar General located at 2004 W FM 1960 in Houston. Brown states the employees called the police after the man was caught shoplifting and pushing a manager. Deputies responded to the call and a Harris County Seargent, and a 15-year veteran with the department spotted him just south of the Dollar General. At that point, the Seargent tried to stop the suspect but he fled on foot and made it about 100 yards before the officer caught up to him. Once the officer. caught up to the suspect, a fight ensued. The officer tried to use his taser but the suspect grabbed the taser. At this point, the officer reached for his gun and shot the suspect once in self-defense. The fight and shooting occu...

Hobby Airport, in South Houston, was placed on lockdown after a TSA dog that was on a routine patrol alerted authorities to a piece of luggage according to Megan Howard, the Tactical Operations Division Commander for the Houston Police Department in a press statement. The incident occurred at about 9 a.m. on Friday, July 8, 2022. According to Commander Howard, TSA followed protocols and alerted the Houston Police Department which then sent out the bomb squad to investigate. Houston Airport was also notified and worked to block off the area where the piece of luggage was while redirecting passengers to another part of the airport in order to reroute passengers. Some customers did miss their flights after the lobby was closed while bomb techs worked to determine what was inside this piece...

Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO), a group of far-right gun owners decided to sue the town of Colorado and filed a complaint to block bans on assault weapons and to protect their right to carry firearms in public in federal court on Thursday, July 7, 2022. Colorado passed a law in 2021 after a deadly shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, CO, to give more power to local governments for gun regulation. The town Superior used this law to hold a vote to ban all assault weapons in June of 2022 through a city ordinance. The ordinance passed and went into effect on July 1, 2022. RMGO claims that it conflicts with their Second Amended rights to bear arms in public. In the complaint, RMGO alleges that "millions of law-abiding citizens own and use" assault weapons that the ordinance specificall...