HPD meets with community to discuss rise of violent crime in Houston Updated: HPD meets with families to discuss violent crime crisis HOUSTON – Still in pain and recovering after being shot nearly three weeks ago, Anthony Perez, who spokes to KPRC 2 from his hospital bed, said he’s now paralyzed from the waist down. He said he was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire of a drive-by at a convenience store along Northborough. “It’s not safe out there and I’m living proof of that. I shouldn’t have been hit by a stray bullet, I shouldn’t have been hit by bullet period,” said Perez.