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Neighbors of the couple who injured 5 HPD officers still in shock


January 30, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The neighbors and family of Rhogena Nicholas and Dennis Tuttle tell us they are stunned by the drug allegations and also by the shootout that ended their lives. Emotional neighbors created a memorial on the door steps of the couple’s home. Neighbor Robert Antu says, “As far as I’m concerned, that man is a good man. …

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Man shot in the back while getting his mail in north Houston


January 30, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are looking for a suspect who they say shot a man in the back while he was picking up his mail in north Houston. It happened on Manus Street around 8 p.m. Investigators said the victim was with his wife when he stopped to check the mailbox. He got out of his car, and that’s …

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Houston Police union president Joe Gamaldi says he wants put ‘dirtbags’ on notice after officer-involved shooting


January 30, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union isn’t mincing words after four officers were shot and one was injured while serving a narcotics warrant on the city’s southeast side. During a press conference early Monday evening outside Memorial Hermann Hospital, Joe Gamaldi put anyone caught stirring anti-law enforcement rhetoric in the community on notice. “We …

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Man shot in the back while getting his mail in north Houston


January 30, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are looking for a suspect who they say shot a man in the back while he was picking up his mail in north Houston. It happened on Manus Street around 8 p.m. Investigators said the victim was with his wife when he stopped to check the mailbox. He got out of his car, and that’s …

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What we know about husband and wife killed in Houston officer-involved shooting


January 30, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We’re learning more about the suspects police said opened fire on narcotics officers while they were trying to serve a search warrant in southeast Houston late Monday afternoon. Rhogena Nicholas, 58, and her husband Dennis Tuttle, 59, have been identified as the two suspects who were killed at the house in the 7800 block of Harding’ …

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Officer in critical condition shot in line of duty before


January 29, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A southeast Houston neighborhood turned into a war zone for officers serving a narcotics warrant. Former officer Thomas Nixon says that’s one of the most dangerous operations they take on. “There are literally no rules with drug dealers, and they are willing to kill police officers, and when you’re dealing with people like that, it’s often …

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4 police officers shot, 1 injured and 2 suspects killed in Houston shooting


January 29, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Four Houston police officers have been wounded, and one injured, in a shooting in southeast Houston while serving a narcotics warrant. Life Flight was called to the scene. All the officers have been taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital. Two of the officers, ages 54 and 40, are in surgery in critical condition. Both were reportedly shot …

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Four Houston police officers shot; 2 suspects dead


January 29, 2019

HOUSTON — Four Houston police officers were shot Monday afternoon while serving a narcotics warrant in southeast Houston. Two of those officers are in critical condition and were undergoing surgery Monday night at Memorial Hermann Hospital. Chief Acevedo said both of the critically injured were shot in the neck Two other officers are stable and are expected to make a …

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