The Senseless Violence Continues in Harris County

Harris County is continuing to see daily acts of violence that make no sense. Here are a few examples from the last 24 hours:

  • A loaded gun was found in a Houston home by an 8 year old child. That child pointed, shot and seriously wounded a 5-year old child. HPD is working to discover what the circumstances around the incident The 5-year old is in critical condition.
  • Last night around 7:30 a woman was shot outside her Houston home in a apparent drive-by shooting. She was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to live. Police are conducting an ongoing investigation.
  • Last night a Houston man in his 40s was shot multiple times outside a gas station near the gulf freeway.
  • Early this morning a young man (20-ish) came out of a southeast Houston bar to grab a smoke when a couple of males approached him, started an altercation that ended with the young man being shot and killed. HPD is saying the motive for the killing is still unknown.

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Houston crime scene

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