Ha... They are now saying they're unsure if the "2nd suspect" was a suspect or not. Spoiler <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2nd armed male in Memorial area shooting was wounded. No clarity yet as to whether he is criminal suspect or not. He is giving stmnt to HPD</p>— Tom Abrahams (@tomabrahams) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomabrahams/status/737038421085016064">May 29, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HPD?src=hash">#HPD</a> update on shooting: Second shooter's wounds not life-threatening; unsure of his role <a href="https://t.co/knga4p0Nxs">https://t.co/knga4p0Nxs</a></p>— Houston News (@abc13houston) <a href="https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/737036410977325056">May 29, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HPD unsure if second shooter is suspect or armed citizen. That person is in hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.</p>— Tom Abrahams (@tomabrahams) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomabrahams/status/737024100091105281">May 29, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Interesting. The cops apparently shot the guy who is in the hospital. If he was legally carrying a concealed weapon and took down the shooter, it sucks that the cops then shot him. That sequence of events wouldn't surprise me, though. And a gorilla could tear an arm off of JJ Watt. Best to shoot the animal than risk the kid getting split in half.
How is this area so ghetto if houses are around $200+/sqft? I was considering buying a place in west memorial, maybe not anymore?
Because, memorial city mall /med center and I10 had made the area a hot spot. I don't know the exact area this was at, I assume we are talking about north wilcrest, which on westhiemer/briarforest has super cheap ghetto apartments. South wilcrest is ghetto too but that's not memorial area.
Do ghetto people own AR 15s? Was under the impression that long rifles the best weapon to mug people with. Pictures of the police car was crazy, the shooter has good aim.
I have a friend in HPD and he said a friend of the shooter said he served in Afghanistan and had PTSD and had problems adjusting to civilian life.
We JUST closed on a house there on Friday. Half a million bucks just for lot value that side of kirkwood, but I always suspected I was a bit ghetto. The price of ghetto has truly skyrocketed.
The ghetto comments are ridiculous. I live in this area, and there's zero ghetto about it. Wilchester Elementary is one of the best schools in the city, and the property values are extremely high. Anyone calling this area ghetto has zero clue what they're talking about. The average price for a home in this area is around $1 million...about $1.5 million for new construction...no less than about $700K for an older home. This event wasn't some common occurrence at Memorial @ Wilcrest. Scary times yesterday. This was way too close. I can't imagine what the motive was here...and I don't understand why the police are protecting the shooter's identity...including covering up his license plate with paper before towing his car away and blocking the media's view with metro buses. I drive by that gas station nearly every day. My father was there while it was happening and turned down Wilcrest to avoid cars that were turning around in the middle of the street to go back, apparently not knowing where gunfire was coming from. He said an HFD vehicle was going about 25 mph in reverse down Memorial Drive trying to avoid it. Beyond that, media coverage was awful. You have an area that HPD is telling to shelter in place, and you're showing paid programming, KHOU? Really? No crawls on the bottom of the screen at least on any of the channels? I realize it's a holiday weekend, but come on. Without social media, there was zero updating us on this event while it was happening.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Sources tell me 2nd man is no longer suspect in shooting. Was Good Samaritan trying to help. Injured in shooting. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/khou11?src=hash">#khou11</a></p>— Marcelino Benito (@MarcelinoKHOU) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcelinoKHOU/status/737335280315817984">May 30, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
if you are going to get involved, something like that will happen. i don't fault the cops at all. hard to know who is on who's side in situations like this one.
Not always, but it's always unfortunate when someone is helping out and potentially saving lives and ends up shot for it. I do agree that you can't really fault the cops, they just see a guy with a gun where they believe there is a shooter on a rampage. It's good he didn't die and can learn that after a shooting is over you put your weapon on the ground even if you are the "good guy"
I was curious about the ghetto comments...I lived in that neighborhood from 80-94 and it was considered really nice, so I was curious if it had fallen off. Especially south of I-10. Maybe people see the Twin Peaks and assume the worst. It really did seem like the police went out of their way during the event and after to hide any details of the shooters identity. Given that Texas is a pretty well armed state, it seems almost irresponsible not to provide as much detail as possible in case the suspect had escaped. Then again, I'm not a cop or every been in law enforcement, so i'll hold judgement. It is jacked up that I find out about a shooter via Alyson Footer and not the local news.
