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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) It was another deadly night as the Houston Police Department moves officers around to fight the skyrocketing crime rate in Houston.
Since 10:30 p.m. Monday, at least three people have been shot in the city, and at least one died.
At the murder scene on the north side, a detective gave ABC13 more insight on which officers are being moved where.
Around 10:30 p.m., officers say a man was shot and killed along the North Sam Houston Parkway East feeder road near the Waffle House.
He and another man were walking on the sidewalk when they got into some kind of fight, according to HPD. That s when the man turned to the victim and shot him multiple times.
The Houston police chief who forged a national profile by calling for gun control, marching with protesters after George Floyd’s death and criticizing former President Donald Trump has been tapped to become Miami's top cop.
Suarez said that Acevedo will start his new job in the next four to eight weeks since Acevedo requested some buffer time out of respect for Mayor Sylvester Turner.
The ever outspoken Acevedo sure seemed fired-up about the next chapter of his career in his remarks to the Miami media Monday morning.
“In my heart,” Acevedo said, “I knew that my mayor, Sylvester Turner… I knew his time was coming up, and I was contemplating what’s next. Because politics are not in my heart, because as you know, I have no home, I piss off the left and the right to be honest with you… but service is in my heart.”