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Arian Foster really let himself go

Eldridge and 1960 - female fired a gun in the air during a road altercation between two parties. pic.twitter.com/8O1id6GmWd

— Grizzy (@GrizzysHoodNews) July 24, 2023

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The shooting happened at the Friendly Store at the corner of Lyons Avenue and Schweikhart Street around 5:15 a.m. Thursday, Houston police said.

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Investigators said surveillance video shows the man pull up and drop off two kids, who then went into the store. The man then got out of his car with an AR-15 wrapped in a towel and walked into the store, too, HPD said. Soon after -- shots were fired. However, police say they don't think it was on purpose. They believe he accidentally fired the gun, panicked, and fired a few more rounds. "At some point as he was leaving the store, it looks like he may have accidentally discharged the weapon anywhere from three to four times,"

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The child who was shot is a boy between 7 and 10 years old, HPD said. The other boy wasn't hit.
Police say ricochet rounds went out into the street and went through the car window of man driving by -- hitting him too. HPD said there was also a child in that car, but thankfully, they were not hurt.
Both the young boy and the driver of the car were taken to the hospital in critical condition but are expected to survive, police said.

So far, HPD said the man accused of firing the shots is not in custody.

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At 1:14 Saturday morning, Houston police say Shot Spotter technology detected 36 shots that blazed through the crowd.

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The technology is mainly embedded in the Black and brown communities, but the report states that not only is this program not making a huge difference, it is also making them feel uncomfortable about their relationship with law enforcement.

Chronicle reporter Yilun Cheng said they followed the reports HPD was making at city council meetings in regards to the program. They were concerned about the results and started requesting more information and data.

Here's part of what they found:

Out of approximately 6,300 alerts between December 2020 and March 2023, more than 80% were canceled, marked as unfounded, dismissed as information calls, or closed because officers could not find evidence upon arrival.

In addition, HPD revealed in a February report to city council that officers recorded only 99 arrests and 126 charges out of 5,450 alerts, and half of those charges were misdemeanor offenses, with the most common being illegal discharge of a firearm.

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At 1:14 Saturday morning, Houston police say Shot Spotter technology detected 36 shots that blazed through the crowd.

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Birthday bash in Sunnyside at 1:14am. I'll take places you should never be for $200, Alex.

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Ciboag96 said:

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The Houston Communist thinks it is racist

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The shooting happened at the Friendly Store at the corner of Lyons Avenue and Schweikhart Street around 5:15 a.m. Thursday, Houston police said.

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So many of these stories have people with their kids out and about at stupid times like this. Why would you have your kids with you, going to the gas station at 5am?

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swimmerbabe11 said:

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Call me a tinfoil hat conspiracy theoriest, but this technology feels just one step closer to being under constant government cctv surveillance, kinda like communist China.....

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YellAg2004 said:

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There are Flock cameras going in at most middle- to upper end neighborhoods now as well as shopping centers (e.g. Bunker Hill H-E-B).

Pretty much any new intersection is outfitted with several cameras. Not just the vehicle-sensing cameras in the mast arms, but actual CCTV cameras on the posts.

Meanwhile I'm typing this post on the GPS tracker we all willingly carry everywhere we go. Not to go down all F16, but the surveillance state genie is so far out of the bottle, worrying about it now is a waste of time.

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