HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Mayor John Whitmire has called for the termination of “ShotSpotter,” a gunshot detection tool intended to help fight crime. ShotSpotter, deployed in northwest and southeast Houston, uses technology to alert the Houston Police Department (HPD) to gunshots. However, Whitmire expressed doubts about its efficacy. “It’s a gimmick,” Whitmire told on Thursday afternoon. Data from Investigates …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Crews have cleared the aftermath of a fiery crash involving an overturned 18-wheeler Thursday morning. Lt. Scott Spencer with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said all southbound main lanes of I-45 near Rayford and Sawdust were shut down, and multiple northbound lanes were also impacted. SkyEye flew over the active scene, where the truck’s cab had landed …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Police Department (HPD) is continuing its review and reassignment of approximately a quarter million suspended incident reports. During a news conference on Thursday, Commander Elizabeth Lorenzana of HPD’s Special Victims Division stated that out of over 9,000 cases, including suspended sexual assault reports, only misdemeanor reports remain to be reviewed. “Those investigations that need …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Giant trucks with large mechanical arms are a welcome sight in The Heights, where Dave Nickerson has been diligently piling storm debris along the city’s right-of-way. “We had to bring everything out from back here, get it out to the curb, cut it up so they could take it,” said Nickerson, who has been using his …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Recent storms have shattered approximately 4,000 windows in downtown buildings, according to the Houston Downtown Management District. The affected buildings include the Chevron Building, Pennzoil Tower, Bank of America Building, Wells Fargo Plaza, and Hyatt Regency Downtown. Raudel Avila, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rice University, explained, “The building arrangement creates tunnels, so the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are investigating after at least 20 cars were broken into inside a gated parking garage at a Greenway Plaza apartment building. Residents at The Grand at Upper Kirby, who wished to remain anonymous, discovered the break-ins on Thursday morning. “This is by far the worst thing that could have happened to me,” said a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In 2017, Stephen and Ellen Leventhal’s street resembled a river after Hurricane Harvey unleashed 1 trillion gallons of water across Harris County. Upon returning to their home post-evacuation, they found it unrecognizable. “We put items on our dining room table, thinking they’d be safe,” Ellen Leventhal recalled. “But the flood knocked the table over. The worst …

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A tragic shooting at a Spring-area apartment complex left two adults dead and critically injured a 10-year-old girl, the only survivor. Authorities are describing the incident as a murder-suicide. Harris County sheriff’s deputies responded to The Pierpont apartments in the 23700 block of Springwoods Village Parkway near the Hardy Toll Road around 5 p.m. Thursday. Upon …

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