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Uncle arrested and charged after fatally shooting 12-year-old nephew

24Oct

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Breaking News, Houston, Mugshots, Shared on Social Media, Shootings

Uncle arrested and charged after fatally shooting 12-year-old nephew

An uncle has now been charged after fatally shooting his nephew in north Houston late last week. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WL8VSyfhowE First responders responded to a report of a shooting at 6019 Velma Ln. on Friday, October 21, around 6:25 p.m. Upon arrival, they found a 12-year-old that had been suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics were unable to help him and he was pronounced deceased at the scene. Cesar Chavez, 22, was identified as both the shooter and the boy's uncle. According to the Houston Police Department, "Chavez told investigators his nephew was playing with a toy gun and he wanted to play with him. Chavez grabbed his weapon, thinking it was unloaded, and fired, striking the victim once." The Houston Police Department officially released Mond...

Video: Woman freed after being trapped in a truck that wrapped around a utility pole in north Houston

23Oct

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Accidents, Breaking News, Houston, Shared on Social Media

Video: Woman freed after being trapped in a truck that wrapped around a utility pole in north Houston

A woman was freed after being trapped in her pickup truck when it wrapped around a utility pole during a major accident in north Houston around midnight. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gIKtpWwyo4Y The accident occurred at the intersection of Little York and Aldine Westfield when a silver Kia Sportage and a black GMC Sierra collided. The official address for this incident was listed as 10799 Aldine Westfield. First responders were initially dispatched at 12:05 a.m. This collision caused the GMC Sierra to flip over and eventually come to a stop as it wrapped around a utility pole. It took firefighters with the Houston Fire Departments Heavy Rescue Unit a good 30 minutes and the removal of the roof of the pickup truck in order to get the woman out without causing her any more injuri...

A man was shot in the leg during a robbery gone wrong as he was coming home from work in southeast Houston

23Oct

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Breaking News, Houston, Shootings

A man was shot in the leg during a robbery gone wrong as he was coming home from work in southeast Houston

A man was shot in the leg during a robbery attempt at an apartment complex in southeast Houston. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TCMw3SwV1Ak According to Lt. Izaguirre of the Houston Police Department, the shooting occurred just after 1 a.m. at the Brookdale Village Apartment complex located at 6113 Gulf Fwy in the Lawndale/Wayside area of Houston. The shooting started when two men who were just getting back from work were approached by two other men. One of the men pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the driver's chest and demanding his money and his wallet. The driver then pushed the man's arm to the side and that is when a single shot was fired. The bullet ended up hitting the passenger's leg. The suspects then fled the scene. Paramedics with the Houston Fire Departmen...

A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed in north Houston by a relative, HPD investigating

21Oct

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Breaking News, Houston, Shared on Social Media, Shootings

A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed in north Houston by a relative, HPD investigating

https://www.youtube.com/embed/WL8VSyfhowE October 21, 2022 - According to initial reports, a 12-year-old was shot in the 6000 block of Velma Ln, in north Houston. Police reported they have a possible suspect detained, a 22-year-old relative who was possibly playing with a gun, but it is too early in the investigation to determine if the shooting was accidental or not.

Office workers are now suing the building after the janitor urinates in a woman’s water bottle and gives them STD’s

21Oct

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Breaking News, Houston

Office workers are now suing the building after the janitor urinates in a woman’s water bottle and gives them STD’s

A lawsuit has now been filed on behalf of the woman whose water bottle was urinated in by a janitor, which police have identified as Lucio Diaz who was assigned to clean offices at the East Houston Medical Office Building located at 1140 Westmont. 2022-68700Download According to the lawsuit, in August 2022, the woman noticed that the water bottles she left behind to drink the next day would have foul smells, or tasted foul. The woman decided at one point to tell a co-worker and both of them agreed it smelled like urine. They tested the water that smelled like urine and the tests determined it was in fact, urine. At this point, the lawsuit states the woman decided to purchase a hidden camera from Amazon and place it on her desk in order to find out how this was happening. On Septem...

Family suing apartment complex after a father was killed; 5-year-old shot multiple times

21Oct

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Breaking News, Fort Bend County, Katy

Family suing apartment complex after a father was killed; 5-year-old shot multiple times

A family is suing an apartment complex after they say the apartment complex should be held accountable for failing to take basic security measures. This failure led to the death of a father and a five-year-old being shot multiple times. Haven-at-WestgreenDownload According to the lawsuit, which was filed by family members, the shooting occurred just outside of their apartment’s front door on January 29, 2021, around 3:30 p.m. as they were returning home after picking up the five-year-old from school. An unknown person shot the father, Elmer Cathey multiple times, then shot the five-year-old three times. The father was also carrying their three-month-old son in the car seat, which was found upside down. The car seat was struck multiple times by bullets, but the baby was not hit at all...

Shane McKinney, a cyclist, and father, was honored with a ‘Ghost Bike’ after being killed by a fleeing motorist

18Oct

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Breaking News, Houston

Shane McKinney, a cyclist, and father, was honored with a ‘Ghost Bike’ after being killed by a fleeing motorist

Shane McKinney was a 45-year-old cyclist, and father, who was killed last week when a motorist struck him after he fell into a lane that had oncoming traffic. Shane was honored with a 'Ghost Bike' memorial on Sunday. Ghost bikes are roadside memorials that are placed nearby where a cyclist was killed. Pride Bike Ride Houston organized the placement of Shane's memorial with Houston Ghost Bike. A GoFundMe has also been created as a Trust Fund for Shane's 2-year-old son, Miles, which has almost met its goal of $30k as the cycling community rallies together. The accident occurred on October 11, 2022, just before 8 p.m. in the 2200 block of W. Dallas in the Montrose area of Houston, near Taft Street. Shane was riding with a group of cyclists on a "Pride Ride" that met up and left E...

Houston man suing Whataburger over food poisoning, seeks at least $200k

18Oct

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Breaking News, Houston

Houston man suing Whataburger over food poisoning, seeks at least $200k

A Harris County man is asking for at least $200,000 after he claims that the popular fast food franchise, Whataburger gave him food poisoning. According to initial court documents filed on behalf of Robert Catano by his attorney, Vu Nguyen of Nguyen and Associates, the Catano ate lunch at a Whataburger in west Houston, located at 2429 Gessner Rd., back in October of 2020. Shortly after eating his lunch, the man says he started to feel sharp pains in his stomach. He then went to Memorial Herman Hospital to receive treatment. Doctors at Memorial Herman Hospital then referred him to a specialist and he was then treated by multiple medical providers for his "foodborne illness" according to the court documents. Catano and his lawyer are asking for at least $200,000 after they claim that W...

Police detain man outside of elementary school in Texas

18Oct

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Breaking News, Harris County, Humble

Police detain man outside of elementary school in Texas

October 14, 2022 - A man was spotted being placed into the back of a Precinct 4 Harris County Constable's vehicle in handcuffs. This incident took place as the school was getting out for the day at an elementary school on Woodland Hills Dr. in Humble, Texas around 3:30 p.m. According to the Humble ISD, police were called to the school after the man came and walked on campus. The man was placed into custody, (but not arrested) for his own safety since it was believed he was having mental health issues. Several staff members were seen surrounding the man and talking to officers.

Improperly installed car battery to blame in a fatal wreck that killed mother, daughter seeks at least $1 million in damages

18Oct

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Accidents, Breaking News, Houston

Improperly installed car battery to blame in a fatal wreck that killed mother, daughter seeks at least $1 million in damages

A lawsuit has been filed against a Houston car dealer by a daughter whose mother was tragically killed when her car stalled out on I-45 and was subsequently rear-ended by a tractor-trailer. The lawsuit claims the dealership improperly installed the wrong car battery. According to court documents, Brenda Patterson (the mother) was in Dallas and decided to come down to Houston on December 26, 2018, to complete the purchase of the vehicle after her son-in-law helped negotiate a price on a Honda Accord on Gillman Honda's lot. As employees at Gillman started to prepare the vehicle for pick-up, they found that the car would not start. It was determined that the battery had to be replaced since the vehicle was sitting in the lot for over a year. The employees ended up installing a smalle...