Chase suspect manages to elude police despite massive search

A chase suspect is still on the loose after escaping from West University police.

  WEST UNIVERSITY, TX (KTRK) -- A massive overnight police search in Bellaire started with a traffic stop in West University Place.

Police dogs went door-to-door in neighborhoods around Newcastle and Larch, looking for a driver who bailed out and ran away.

West University police pursued the driver from the original traffic stop to where he bailed out of his car on Bissonnet and Avenue B. He then hopped a fence near Newcastle.

Despite that yard-to-yard search, the suspect was not found before a downpour of rain forced officers to cancel the search after only an hour.
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Chase ends with crash, arrests in SW Houston

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Two suspects were arrested Saturday after leading Texas Department of Public Safety troopers on a chase in southwest Houston.

The chase began around 8am near the Astrodome. According to officials, the driver of a Chrysler sedan was spotted committing a traffic violation and then refused to stop for a DPS trooper.

The pursuit went down the westbound South Loop feeder road before entering a neighborhood where the car crashed near Spellman at Cliffwood.

The driver and a passenger bailed and escaped on foot, but officials say both were caught and arrested within an hour in the same neighborhood.

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Murder suspect fires at HPD, leads police on chase

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man accused of murdering a woman and then shooting at a Houston police officer was arrested Sunday morning after leading police on a chase.

It all started around 7:15am at a Connie Leatrice Bowie's home in the 4100 block of Brisbane near Roandale.

Investigators were called there for an assult in progress. According to police, there was a domestic dispute between the homeowner and the 43-year-old suspect, Herbert G. Gardner.

When the first officer arrived at the scene, Gardner reportedly sprayed the officer's cruiser with a shotgun. The officer was not hit and Gardner fled in a red Dodge Nitro.

Police say they found Bowie's body in her home on Brisbane. The 39-year-old was shot to death.

Officers chased Gardner for about 20 minutes, exchanging gunfire, but no one was hit. The man eventually stopped at a home in the 5300 block of Glen Rio where he pointed a gun at officers again before he was subdued and arrested.

He was taken to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

Police said Gardner once dated Bowie and lived at the home on Brisbane with her, but he had recently moved out and they were arguing.

Police expect Gardner to face charges of murder, attempted capital murder of a police officer and possibly aggravated assault of a police officer.

Please stay with Eyewitness News and abc13.com for updates as we continue following this story.

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Suspect shot by DPS trooper during chase

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A motorcyclist eluded state troopers for more than 20 minutes before being shot in the leg this morning.

The chase started in Chambers County and ended near South Post Oak and Brookston in southwest Houston.

Troopers say they tried to pull over the motorcyclist for traffic violations, but he refused to stop.

The motorcyclist allegedly reached speeds over 100mph and went more than 30 miles with troopers in pursuit.

One trooper had to drop out of the chase because he was running out of gas. Another trooper took over and eventually opened fire.

The motorcyclist was hit in the leg.

He said he ran because he was driving on a suspended license and did not want to go to jail.

Texas Rangers are investigating the case.

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Driver slams into home at end of chase

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police say a man suspected of a home invasion and assault led officers on a chase last night in northwest Harris County.

It ended just before 11pm at a home on Elm Tree Estates and Prairie Village when the suspect sent the car crashing into a garage. That driver has still not been found.

Earlier in the evening, sheriff's deputies took a call about a a home invasion, in which someone in the home was attacked. A deputy arrived to see the suspect leaving, so he chased him through the subdivision.

According to the sheriff's office, the suspect bailed out of his vehicle, allowing the car to go into the house. The man then rolled under the deputy's patrol unit.

Still, he jumped up, and took off.

"At this point, he's definitely facing evading charges, and assault on the other call," said Sgt. Mike Harvey with the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

According to investigators, the suspect knew an individual at the house he broke into. Authorities believe the suspect changed clothes at some point. They searched, using an air and K-9 unit, but never found him.

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Citizens chase, stop robbery suspects after hit-and-run crash

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Citizens fed up with crime took the law into their own hands Sunday and chased a vehicle involved in a Harris County hit-and-run crash.

They followed the car to an H-E-B on F.M. 2920 in north Harris County.

Robert Neinast says he saw the car rear-end a truck. He said the driver sped away even though the car's hood had popped open and smoke was coming from the engine.

Neinast and several other drivers chased the car to the grocery store.

Police eventually arrested three people in the car.

Neinast, who was once a volunteer firefighter, says he felt he had to help the public.

"They were also endangering other people going down 2920," Neinast said. "People were getting out of their way because, like I said, the hood was up.The guy was looking through about that much of the windshield trying to drive."

Authorities suspect the two men and one woman in the car were involved in the robberies of a Radio Shack and that same H-E-B store earlier in the day.

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Chase leads to immigration investigation in Atascocita

A chase lead to an immigration investigation in Atascocita.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- An immigration investigation began after a chase Thursday in northeast Harris County.

Humble police chased a man and woman in an SUV into an Atascocita neighborhood. The couple ran off and officers began a house to house search.

At one home, more than a dozen people ran out of the house. Officers arrested 14 people and handed them over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Police never found the couple they were chasing.

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HPD: Man high on PCP leads officers on chase

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man is facing an evading arrest charge after leading police on a chase across the south side of Houston overnight. Authorities believe the suspect was high on PCP.

Authorities subdued the man at a gas station on Lockwood at Navigation. Officers say the chase started on Westheimer at Hillcroft. That's where the man actually flagged an officer, telling him someone at a nightclub had spiked his drink.

"While the officer was attempting to gather information from him, he ran and got back in his car and at that point, the pursuit started," said Officer SJ Reece with the Houston Police Department. "The officer tried to catch back up with him, but instead he sped down eastbound on Westheimer; he ran many red lights."

The man eventually stopped on his own and surrendered to officers. He was taken to the hospital for evaluation.

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HPD: Drug suspects lead police on chase

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- An undercover sting led to a chase through several Houston neighborhoods overnight.

It started on Katy Freeway near T.C. Jester and ended when authorities caught up with the suspects on Memorial near Shepherd.

Police say undercover officers were selling drugs to people but when they tried to arrest three suspects they took off in a car. The suspects eventually bailed out at an apartment complex but they were caught a short time later.

All three face felony evading and drug charges.

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HPD: Drug suspect leads police on chase

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A driver is under arrest after police say he led officers on a chase last night while throwing what appeared to be drugs and money out his window.

It ended around 9pm on the South Loop near Berkley in southeast Houston. Police say they followed the suspect from a suspected drug house.

He led them on a chase along Broadway, the Gulf Freeway and the South Loop. The suspect crashed after doing a U-turn on the South Loop.

His name has not been released.

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Suspected illegal immigrants in custody following chase

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A chase in Fort Bend County has landed almost a dozen suspected illegal immigrants in custody.

Deputies have taken 11 suspected illegal immigrants into custody after a chase that ended near Stafford at about 10:30am. We're told deputies were acting on a tip by a driver who said he saw people stacked in the bed of a pickup truck.

After getting the truck to stop, five or six of the people reported escaped on foot. Immigration officials are now taking over the investigation.

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Driver leads police on chase with two small kids in his car

A man will likely face charges after leading officers on short car chase with two small children in his car.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man will likely face charges after leading officers on short car chase with two small children in his car.

The Harris Co. Sheriff's Office says a deputy stopped a car in north Harris County because two small children were not in car seats. The deputy says the driver became aggressive then pushed the deputy, jumped back in the car and took off with the kids and a woman still inside. The chase ended about a mile away.

"I think it was pretty stupid to run from the police with a kid in the car, then a little while later a deputy walked up with what looked like a newborn. I mean, it was very, it kinda just made me mad that someone would run from the police while doing that," said eyewitness Rod Rice.

The children were OK but the driver said he didn't feel good and was taken to a hospital to be checked out.

Deputies plan to charge the driver the driver felony evading arrest.

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Two suspected robbers lead police on chase

A couple of robbers led police in Pearland on a chase.

  PEARLAND, TX (KTRK) -- Pearland police are still looking for a man who robbed a Walmart.

Officers responded to an armed robbery at the Walmart on Main near FM 518 last night. The officers spotted a vehicle matching the description of one used in the robbery and started chasing it.

There were two men in the car. They ditched it and ran into an apartment complex on Broadway.

One of them has been caught. Police are still looking for the second man.

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Police chase ends in crash in SE Houston

A routine traffic stop ended with a crash in southeast Houston.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Two suspects fleeing from troopers are in the hospital after crashing into an SUV last night.

It happened around 9pm on Blackhawk near the South Belt in southeast Houston.

Troopers say they tried to pull over the suspects for a traffic stop but the driver refused to stop. The suspects led troopers on a chase before crashing into an SUV at a stop light.

Both were taken to the hospital and will likely face charges.

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Suspected copper thief leads police on chase in stolen car

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police say a crime spree by a copper thief is over after he was tracked down in a stolen KIA.

The chase ended on Memorial Drive just west of Dairy Ashford at 3am. We caught part of the short chase on our Houston Transtar JamCams as it went from the Beltway to the Katy Freeway and onto Memorial.

The driver suddenly stopped and was arrested while trying to make a run for it. Somehow, he hurt his head and had to get bandaged up before being hauled off downtown.

Police say he's been up to no good for days.

"They saw a suspicious Hispanic male driving an SUV, stealing silver caps off the water sprinklers -- brass caps -- I guess to to pawn," said officer Dennis Gonzales with the Houston Police Department.

The stolen vehicle was returned to the owners who had the vehicle stolen at an Exxon along the West Beltway.

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Chase suspects caught after flipping SUV in NE Houston

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Two suspects are in custody after a police chase in northeast Houston Tuesday.

According to Houston police, the chase started in the 15600 block of Lee Road. Officers say the driver of a Chrysler SUV was being pulled over, but refused to stop and the chase was on.

The SUV, which was occupied by three males, flipped over in the 18000 block of Lee Rd. Two of the suspects were caught. At this point, police say they don't know if the third person has been caught or is on the run.

One of the occupants of the SUV was ejected and transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.

Police say the SUV was connected to a home invasion.

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Three suspected carjackers lead police on chase

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three men accused of carjacking a couple and leading police on a chase are now under arrest.

Police caught the men after a foot chase at the Cleme Manor apartments on Coke at Calles in east Houston overnight.

Investigators say the men carjacked a couple who were filling up containers of water on Lyons around midnight. About an hour later, an HPD unit spotted the stolen car, which is when the chase began.

After crashing, the men fled to the apartment complex but were captured two hours later.

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Shots fired during police chase through three counties

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A high-speed chase through three counties came to a violent end Monday afternoon in Polk County.

At around 2:30pm Monday, Montgomery County deputy constables say Humble police spotted a driver speeding in the New Caney area. A MCSO deputy constable tried to make a traffic stop, but the suspect fled and authorities gave chase. Deputies say speeds reached 140 miles per hour during the chase.

Law enforcement realized it was a stolen vehicle out of Sugar Land.

DPS says they laid down a spike strip which slowed the suspect's vehicle down, but he kept going and rammed some deputies off the road. The suspect was attempting to ram a Liberty Co. sheriff's vehicle when the captain fired his weapon at the suspect's vehicle, which then stopped.

From SkyEye 13 HD, a large bullet hole could be seen in the driver's side window of the stolen vehicle. The suspect was not hit, but was transported to the hospital as a precaution.

The suspect was taken into custody near Highway 59 at 190, near the Livingston area.

He is facing charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle as well as felony evading arrest.

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Chase suspect rolls SUV with kids in vehicle

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police arrested a father after that man led them on a chase last night in southeast Houston, even reportedly firing shots at a deputy. His two kids were in the back seat as this was all going on.

It started just before 9pm at an apartment complex on Blackhawk, several miles away from where it would end, along the Gulf Freeway and Clear Lake City Boulevard.

Investigators say a husband and wife were fighting. The wife went to a friend's house, but was still feeling threatened by the husband and called for help.

When police approached the husband, they say he took off in his SUV with his three- and seven-year-old children inside. Deputies tried to get him to pull over, but instead they say he drove at the deputy and even fired at him.

That turned into a pursuit down the Gulf Freeway. Deputies say he was on the phone the whole time, threatening his wife.

The suspect managed to get away, but his vehicle was spotted a short time later.

"We were contacted about 20 minutes later that Precinct 8 had located the vehicle and was chasing him in the Harris Park subdivision," said Sgt. Z. Guinn with the Harris County Precinct 2 Constable's Office. "That was the location that he flipped the car over. We were mostly concerned that he had a three- and seven-year-old kid with him. The kids are OK and the suspect has been taken into custody."

The children were reunited with family. The suspect is now facing charges.

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Two suspected burglars lead police on brief chase

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police arrested two burglary suspects after a short chase this morning.

Authorities responded to an alarm at a convenience store on Usener around 4:30am. They saw two men jump into a car and take off. Police chased them down White Oak through a neighborhood to Crockett.

The driver was trying to turn onto South Street when he lost control and hit a telephone pole. The suspects jumped out of the car and tried to run, but were quickly caught.

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