Body found in ally behind warehouse

12 March 2008

A body was found by a worker inspecting industrial complex buildings. The body had been shot and was found in an ally behind a warehouse on Harwin and Gessner.

Police do not believe the murder was from a robbery.

Woman stumbles across body in alley

Robbery and murder at a medical clinic

10 March 2008

A robbery ended in murder at around 2:30 PM in a foot clinic in the 11500 block of Harwin Drive. One nurse was killed and another person is in critical condition. The suspect stole the victim's car. The names of the victims has not been released by police.

Robbery Possible Motive in Foot Clinic Killing

Two shot at Houston doctor's office

Israel Gevara, 50, and Israel Alvarado Gevara, 18, were killed by Librado Medina Jimenez as they collected rent

9 March 2008

Israel Gevara, 50, and his 18 year old son, Israel Alvarado Gevara were killed by Librado Medina Jimenez as they tried to collect rent money from Jimenez in the 6800 block of Martin Luther King Blvd. Jimenez fled the scene in a black Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck with a grim reaper sticker across the back window and the word "Chevy" written in gold across the tailgate.

Man Wanted In Deaths Of Father, Son

Update on Fatal Shooting at 6800 M. L. K. Boulevard

Darryl Robinson, 16, shot in the head

9 March 2008

A shooting that that occurred it a North Houston apartment is believed to be gang related and resulted in one teenager's death and tree adults injured. The deceased victim has not been identified. Police believe only one person fired the weapon that injured all four victims.

HPD: Teen killed in apparent gang shooting

***UPDATE***

11 March 2008

Darryl Robinson, 16, has been identified as the victim in the murder at 13502 Northborough. He was standing in an apartment parking lot with others when three black males approached. The suspects produced pistols and fired at the group Robinson was with. Robinson was shot in the head and died at the hospital. Three other males in the group were injured.

The suspects fled in a blue Chevrolet SUV with license plate tags 734-KBM.

Fatal Shooting at 13502 Northborough

Man killed in apartment near the University of Houston over drugs

9 March 2008

A drug deal inside a Southeast Houston apartment did not go as planned for at least one person. At approximately 11:00 AM a tenant at the University Gardens apartments near the University of Houston was shot to death by an acquaintance. Police said the victim invited the killer into his apartment. A fight broke out in a back bedroom that spread to the living room where the victim was murdered.

Drug deal may have sparked slaying at apartment

"MoJo" Joe Moses, 70, was beaten and robbed in North Houston

8 March 2008

Another senseless death occurred early Saturday morning when Joe Moses, 70, who family and friends called MoJo, was beaten to death after a robbery in the convenience store he ran for 35 years at Crosstimbers and Canstor.

A camera inside the convenience store does not seem to be working and there are no leads in the case. Family and friends are pleading with the community for any information that will lead to justice.

Business owner found beaten to death

Aldegunda Alvarez, 42, was shot in the head as she sat in a car in Southwest Houston

7 March 2008

Aldegunda Alvarez, 42, was shot to death today in Southwest Houston. Again it was in an apartment off of Hillcroft Street.

A black man ,25 years old, between 5 foot 6 inches and 5 foot 9 inches tall, and weighing approximately about 150 pounds came up to Alvarez and her boyfriend as they sat in her boyfriends pickup truck. The attacker tried to open the door of the truck, and when he found it was locked he shot at the window hitting Alvarez in the face. No motive for the murder has been declared, but police think it may have been robbery.

The shooting occurred at 11:15 p.m. outside the Candlewick Apartments; just a block away and 15 minutes after another murder took place at the Crown Garden Apartments. It is unknown if these murders are related.

Woman dies after being shot in face in S.W. Houston

Man killed at apatrment complex on Hillcroft in SW Houston

***UPDATE***

10 March 2008

A scketch of the killer has been released by the police. He is described as black man, 24 to 25 year sold, between 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds.

Any information call Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS or the Houston Police Department Homicide Division at (713) 308-3600.

Man killed at apatrment complex on Hillcroft in SW Houston

7 March 2008

An unidentified man was shot to death at a Southwest Houston apartment complex at approximately 11 PM.

Man fatally shot at southwest Houston apartment

Terri Braziel, 22, found gagged and bound at 11300 Rampart Road

6 March 2008

A woman was found lying gagged and bound on the side of Rampart wrapped in a bed sheet. The woman is described to between 25 and 30 years of age. She is a petite white woman with two tattoos on her lower back and a tattoo on her left ankle.

A motorist found the body and called police. The victim had blunt force trauma to her head and was still alive when paramedics transported her to the hospital. She died later that day from her injuries. She is believed to have been dumped at the location between 4:00 and 6:20 AM. The medical examiners office is determining her official cause of death.

Woman Found at 11300 Rampart Dies from Her Injuries

***UPDATE***

8 March 2008

The identity of the woman found beaten and gagged by the side of the road has been identified. The woman is Terri Braziel, 22, of Freeport. She had a 7 month old son, Dillian, who was cared for by her mother, Coral.

Terri Braziel was involved in drugs and prostitution. After giving birth to her son, Dillian, it was discovered that he had cocaine in his system. The custody Braziel's son was given to her mother by Child Protective Services, and Braziel entered a state run rehabilitation clinic. She was arrested and pleaded guilty to prostitution in Harris County Court last month.

Beaten Houston woman who later died identified

Roderick Morgan, 48, was shot in the chest and left in a trunk for several days

4 March 2008

A man was found dead in the trunk of a 1998 Buick LeSabre after a maintenance worker at the apartment complex reported a foul smelling odor coming from the car.

An autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death.

Man Found Dead at 3815 West Fuqua

HPD identifies man found shot to death in car trunk

Victim Identified in Incident at 3815 West Fuqua

Melissa Latrice Spriggs, 27 and pregnant, killed with a baseball bat

4 Mar 2008

Melissa Latrice Spriggs, 27, of 4601 Boicewood was assaulted at 5227 Calhoun at 5:15 p.m. on Sunday, March 2. After a minor traffic violation, two groups of people began to argue and fight and Spriggs was wounded with severe head trauma. She was taken to the hospital where she died at 5:30 AM, March 4.

Moses Christopher Lamb Jr., 36, was arrested at the scene for discharging a firearm during the altercation, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Medical examiners are trying to determine the exact cause of death.


Update on Aggravated Assault at 5227 Calhoun

Woman dies after incident at MacGregor Park

***UPDATE***

6 Mar 2008

The medical examiner office had listed Melissa Latrice Spriggs as a homicide. She died from injury sustained to her head by a baseball bat. It was also discovered that Spriggs was 3 months pregnant at the time of her death.

On Sunday, March 2, a cousin of Spriggs was involved in a car accident with Buick with shiny rims, and he called Spriggs and other family members because he feared for his safety. Spriggs and other family members went to the scene of the accident and were met with family members of the people in the Buick who were already at the scene since there were at a nearby park for a family gathering.

Police officers responded to the car accident report but after they left the situation between the two groups escalated. A fight started between the groups of people that number 30 people and one of Spriggs family members fired a gun into the air. It has been reported that Spriggs was trying to get her family members back into their cars so they could leave when someone sneaked behind Spriggs and hit here with full force with a bat.

The man who hit her in the head escaped in the Buick. Spriggs died from bleeding in her brain.

Pregnant woman killed with bat in Houston park fight

***UPDATE***

8 March 2008

Seventeen year old Paul Lavallais was arrested Friday for the murder of Latrice Spriggs, 27 who was 3 months pregnant at the time.

Police arrest 17-year-old in fatal beating of pregnant woman

Dead man discovered on the side of the road with multiple gunshot wounds

29 Feb 2008

At 7:40 AM a man was found on the side of the road at a dead in near the 1900 block of Staples St. He was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene.

The man's identity has not been confirmed, but he is thought to be between 19 and 25 years old.

Fatal Shooting Investigation at 1900 Staples

18 year old male shot and left for dead as he crossed the street in Northwest Houston

1 Mar 2008

An 18 year old was shot multiple times and left for dead at the 5500 block of West 34th Street at about 8:55 PM. Apparently, there was an argument over money owed and as the victim was crossing the street, the suspect shot the victim. The victim died at the scene.

Argument leaves man dead in northwest Houston, HPD says