HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) An armed suspect accused of carjacking a woman with a child at a gas station was shot by police overnight near Hobby Airport.
Houston police say that around 12:45 a.m. Monday, patrol sergeants with the Southeast Division saw a Mercedes-Benz speeding over 100 miles per hour down Telephone Road before heading eastbound on Airport.
Officers called dispatch, who relayed that a black Mercedes-Benz had just been taken in a carjacking at a gas station at the Beltway and Telephone Road.
Officials say a man went inside the convenience store, leaving his wife and child in the car. That s when the suspect approached them, forcing the woman and child out at gunpoint. They were not seriously hurt.
Acts of violence usher in new year in the Houston area
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Lights atop a police cruiser flash at the scene of a crime in this undated file image. (KPRC/File)
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – With several incidents, including multiple shootings, on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, 2021 in the Houston-area is off to a violent start.
The violence came as Houston closed the book on a year which saw the city’s number of homicides surpass 400, the most since the 1980′s.
Listed below are several of the incidents that occurred as the Houston area ushered in a new year.