HCSO: Driver flees after fatally striking woman

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A woman is dead and Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies are looking for the driver that hit and killed her.

According to officials, Andrea Davina Senteno was reportedly standing in the middle of Highway 249 near West Mount Houston just after 6am when she was fatally struck by an eastbound red Ford F-150 pickup truck.

"It's sad. Very sad," local business owner Peter Scott said.

By the time Scott arrived at his nearby barbecue restaurant at 7am, the damage was done.

"I just seen the ambulance and fire department and everything down there," he said. "I already knew what happened. People get hit on this street all the time. It's nothing new."

Two people reported seeing Senteno. The first 911 call came in at 6:04am to report a woman standing in the middle of the roadway. The second call came in at 6:07am to report that a woman had been hit.

The second witness was driving about 1,000 feet behind the striking vehicle when he saw the collision happen. He stopped, called 911 and stayed with the woman until emergency crews arrived. She died at the scene.

"It was dark at the time. The witness can't confirm if she was walking across the road or walking in the road, east or westbound," Anders said.

Investigators are still trying to piece together where Senteno was coming from and where she was going at 6am on a Saturday. She was alone and dressed in house clothes, but we've learned she was possibly the mother of young children.

A young mother herself, Raquel Blaine lives nearby and says people walk on the shoulders of Highway 249 and West Mount Houston all too often. Saturday morning's accident may now change her method of getting around.

"I get nervous because there's no sidewalk," Blaine said. "I mean, sometimes I have to walk, but I never walk down there. And people late at night, they don't watch where they're driving. There's no lights."

If you witnessed the accident or have information on the driver, call the HCSO Traffic Division at 713- 274-7400.

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Man at large after fatally shooting driver in face

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police say a killer who shot a man in cold blood moments after a heated argument is now on the loose.

The victim was shot in the face around 9:20pm Friday on Joliet near Uvalde in southeast Houston.

Police say the victim and his killer were both inside a truck when they got into an argument.

The victim stopped the truck and got out. That's when witnesses say they could hear the men yelling at each other.

According to investigators, the victim opened the door of the truck and the passenger shot him at least twice. He died at the scene. His name has not been released.

The killer took off in the vehicle, which is described as a black two-door pickup.

Anyone with information on this crime can call Houston police or Crime Stoppers.

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Man fatally stabbed after Texans viewing party

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The search for suspects after a man is stabbed to death in a neighborhood where a huge Houston Texans watch party was going on.

That stabbing happened Sunday night on the north side. The party was happening in a yellow house in the 4700 block of McEwen near Cavalcade. But once things spilled out into the street, the victim was stabbed two doors down, in front of his own house.

Neighbor Jerry Laramore said, "Every time there's a ball game, there's a lot of people out there."

Laramore says waking up to a lot of noise outside his window during a Texans game, is not unusual. But Sunday night, there was more than noise.

"I heard them fighting," said neighbor Vickie Cruz. "I just heard bottles, slamming bottles. That's what I heard was cracking bottles."

Police say after the Texans game wrapped up, officers got a call for help. They arrived to break up what cops describe as a large street brawl. But before they got to the scene, one man was stabbed. Family rushed him to Ben Taub Hospital, where he later died.

"Oh yeah, I knew him well. He called me uncle," said Laramore. "I'm not really his uncle but he called me uncle. All the kids do."

The victim's name isn't being released until his entire family is notified. His sister told me he was just 20 years old, and the father of a two-year-old baby girl.

"He was a really nice guy," said neighbor Joann Chapa. "I can't believe this happened to him. He never harmed nobody, he never did nothing to nobody."

Cruz just chatted with the young victim on Sunday, and now asks the same question police are working to answer as well.

"When his sister told me this morning I just broke down crying," she recalled. "I said, 'What happened?'"

The suspect is still at large. Police say they are following up on leads, but anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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Uncle accused of fatally stabbing teenage nephew

Alejandro Figueroa, 35, is charged with murder. Shown in this photo from 2009, he is believed to currently have short and partially gray hair.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Authorities are looking for a man they say fatally stabbed his own teenage nephew two days ago.

Police say witnesses said Fernando Figueroa, 19, was stabbed by his uncle, Alejandro Figueroa, in the parking lot of the apartment complex at 2200 Wirt Road at about 9:30pm Wednesday. Alejandro fled the scene prior to the arrival of police officers. Fernando Figueroa suffered stab wounds and was transported to Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Alejandro Figueroa, 35, is charged with murder. He is believed to currently have short and partially gray hair. He is believed to have fled in his black, 2002 Ford Escape with Texas license plates BE09626.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Alejandro Figueroa is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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HPD officer fatally shoots man near downtown Houston

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Houston police officer shot and killed an unarmed man, whose family says he was mentally ill. Investigators say the man had already attacked three people, but neighbors still wonder why he had to be shot.

It all started with the suspect breaking into a neighbor's home in the middle of the night. But even that neighbor thinks the officer could have handled the situation differently.

Neighbors along Sampson at Reeves in the Third Ward say that Kenneth Releford was a handyman in the area. They say they knew he was mentally ill and they claim they were trying to tell police that when he was shot. Now the man who called 911 is questioning whether he made the right decision.

For the family who lives in a house on Francis Street, they are working to put things back to normal.

"I feel like it's my fault because i called, but I wasn't expecting it to go this far," said neighbor Roger Abbs.

Abbs, 61, was emotional when he recalled how he and his 87-year-old father were inside their house Wednesday night along with his nephews, ages 12 and 14, when all of a sudden their front door was kicked in by Releford, their 28-year-old neighbor and friend.

"It was something wrong with him, I believe," said one witness.

Police say Releford, whose father told Eyewitness News his son suffered from schizophrenia, got into a struggle with the elderly grandfather after police say the suspect walked into a back bedroom and groped one of the boys.

Abbs called 911 as Releford left the house. Minutes later police arrived and, according to HPD, an officer told Releford to stop.

"At that time the suspect continues to advance towards him very quickly on foot, with his left hand behind his back the entire time," said Houston Police Department spokesperson John Cannon. "The suspect is probably within a little more than arm length away, about five feet or so, and that's when the officer discharges his duty weapon and strikes the suspect."

But witnesses say they saw something different.

One witness said, "All I know is that the boy had his hands in sight."

"He had his hands up like this," witness Lisa Arowshere said.

Now neighbors and the suspect's father are questioning if deadly force was necessary.

"To me he could have tased him, to me, other than shoot," said Kenneth's father Audry Releford.

"People out here saying please don't shoot him because he is mentally retarded, even the man whose house that he kicked the door in," Arowshere recalled.

Releford died at the hospital. Police say he ignored repeated demands when Officer J. Roseman told him to stop. We asked why Officer Rosemon didn't use a stun gun. We were told that, as always in officer-involved shootings, that's under investigation. We also asked if someone from HPD's mental health crisis response team responded to the scene and officials confirm that no one did.

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Teen fatally shot at southeast Houston aparment complex

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police are investigating after a teenager was shot and killed at a southeast Houston apartment complex.

The shooting happened around 7:30pm at the Green Arbor apartment complex on Sabo Road near Almeda Mall.

To hear neighbors tell it, it was just a Friday night basketball game on the court inside the Green Arbor apartment complex. That is, until the shots rang out.

"I heard seven gun shots ... and then I pushed my grandson inside the house. I told my husband, 'What's going on?' and he said somebody's shooting out there," Eyewitness Toni Green said. "A few minutes later, I saw someone run to his car."

Green says the shooter drove off in an older model Lincoln. Soon, friends and family began to realize that a teenager was shot.

Family members tell us the 15-year-old shooting victim is in 10th grade and came to the apartment complex to shoot hoops with a friend.

Lou Rodgers was a friend of the victim.

"Gunshots were flying. I'm trying to move from the gunshots. Out of all us, one of our partners got hit. He just ran up on us and started shooting at us for no reason," Rodgers said.

As the evening wore on, a large crowd began gathering at the complex, wondering what caused the shooting and why a teenager, who everyone says does not even live there, became the victim.

The investigation is just starting, but Green says there is no excuse for the violence.

"Not again. I just left an apartments where people were getting killed, so it's sad. It's real sad," Green said.

Homicide investigators remained at the scene late Friday night to interview different people, but the victim's mother tells us she's worried that even if people saw things, they may not be forthcoming everything they know.

Stay with Eyewitness News and abc13.com for the latest details.

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Police fatally shoot armed man in Baytown

  By Crystal KobzaBAYTOWN, TX (KTRK) -- A violent confrontation inside a Baytown apartment complex led to a chase and then a gun battle in the road, ultimately ending with the suspect dead.

Baytown police shot and killed that armed suspect during a shoot-out in the middle of the day on Thursday. It happened at the intersection of Decker and Airhart, near Spur 330.

Police have identified the suspect as Frederick Wayne Grayson. Police say Grayson, 45, was threatening to kill himself before shooting at the four officers.

Eyewitness Joshua Walter said, "I heard her scream. I told the manager to make sure she was OK."

Residents living at a Baytown apartment complex say they heard what sounded like gunshots go off inside this apartment.

"I was telling the people to get out of the way because I don't know where the bullets are going to go when it does," said eyewitness Lee McDowell.

According to police, after Grayson left, the women living in the apartment called police for help. A short time later an officer patrolling the area witnessed the suspect's vehicle speeding down east Texas Avenue.

"He tried to stop the vehicle, unbeknownst to him this vehicle was directly involved in the initial shooting," said Eric Freed with the Baytown Police Department.

Police say as Grayson was entering Spur 330 he crashed into another car, sending the driver into the wall. The suspect then came to a stop on the side of the spur where officers approached the vehicle believing the suspect may have shot himself in the car.

Freed explained, "During the pursuit officers observed the suspect hold a firearm to his head."

But as officer got closer to the suspect's vehicle, they saw Grayson was pointing his gun at the window, ready to shoot.

"The suspect started firing his weapon through the driver's side window at the officers, he then sat up and leaned out the driver's side window, pointed his weapon at our officers and discharged his firearm," Freed said.

It was then that officers returned fire, shooting and killing Grayson. The four officers were not injured.

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Girl fatally hit by truck while waiting for bus

TEXAS CITY, TX (KTRK) -- The school week began in tragedy in Texas City as a girl, waiting at her school bus stop, was killed.

The girl was doing what nearly all children do Monday morning. She was waiting at 26th Street and 29th Ave, where there is no sidewalk. So she was sitting in the grass by the street when the truck made a wide turn and hit her.

Grief counselors were here at Christina Lopez's school Monday and will be all week, if needed. Her parents grief-stricken but also angry at both the driver and police.

Texas City police officers sat outside the Lopez home on Monday partly to offer help but mostly to discourage any potential problems.

"I don't know if I'll be able to control my emotions," said Christina's father, Manuel Lopez.

The driver who hit and killed 11-year-old Christina Lopez is her next door neighbor.

"Not only did he take my 11-year-daughter from me, he took her last moments away from me. I could have been holding her hand, telling her I love her," the girl's mother, Nina Lopez, said.

The sixth grader's parents say although the neighbor knew whom he had hit with his tractor truck, it took a long time for anyone to knock on their door.

"She didn't have to go through that by herself," Nina said.

Her daughter was sitting on the edge of the road waiting for her bus when police say the neighbor made a wide turn in the big rig and struck the girl. The driver voluntarily submitted blood for a toxicology test, and charges or traffic tickets could come later. Police don't argue he was at fault.

"We don't feel we have all the information yet," Texas City Police Department Capt. Brian Goetschius said.

Her parents don't think that's good enough

"How is he free?" Nina said.

They don't want to wait for a decision. Christina was on the Spirit Squad at Levy Fry Intermediate, well-liked and a good student.

Even the district spokeswoman had trouble focusing Monday.

"We lost a little girl today and it's tragic," said Melissa Tortorici with Texas City ISD.

The district will review the safety of the bus stop, as Christina's parents struggle to understand.

"She was 11. How do you not see someone sitting in the grass?" Nina said.

Texas City police say it will complete its investigation and then hand over the case to the district attorney for possible charges. At the very least, police believe the driver was not paying attention or misjudged the turn.

Christina's parents say they plan to meet with investigators Tuesday morning to address their concerns.

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Man fatally shoots co-worker while 'playing around' with gun

According to investigators, two male employees were playing around with a gun at this business when one man fatally shot the other.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man was fatally shot by a fellow employee while the two were messing around with a gun and knife.

The Harris Co. Sheriff's Office says deputies at around 8:45am Friday responded to a 911 call at 6500 Cunningham Rd. According to investigators, two male employees were playing around. One had a gun and the other had a knife when the gun went off striking one of the males.

The male was transported to Cy-Fair Hospital where he was pronounce deceased. His identity has not been released.

The case will be referred to a grand jury.

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Man, 76, fatally struck by car in southeast Houston

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- No charges are expected to be filed after a 76-year-old man was run over and killed Saturday morning.

Police say the victim was in the street on Hartsook near Frey in southeast Houston when he was hit.

The driver stopped. Officials say the victim, whose identity hasn't been released, died at the scene.

At this point, investigators say it looks like it was just an accident.

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Man fatally shot while on phone with wife

A man was shot and left to die on a sidewalk in northwest Houston.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man was shot and left to die on a sidewalk in northwest Houston. The man was shot around 2:20 this morning on West Tidwell near Antoine.

It's not clear what led up to the deadly shooting. Investigators say the victim had just returned home from work and that he had left to go on a quick trip to the store.

Authorities say he was on the phone with his wife, telling her he felt like he was being followed.

"While coming home, the wife was able to speak with him on the phone and overhear some type of argument, a gunshot," Jonathan French with HPD Homicide. "The wife comes out here and finds her husband here on the sidewalk."

Good Samaritans who heard the gunshots ran to help the man but it was too late and he died at the scene. The investigation is ongoing.

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Police: Man fatally shot while answering motel door

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A knock at the door ends in a shooting at a motel in the Greenspoint area this morning.

The shooting happened at the America's Best Value motel on North Beltway 8 near Hedgecroft around 3am. Police say the victim answered a knock at the door and was shot several times. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

There were several people in the room, however, police have no motive or suspects in the case.

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Off-duty HPD officer fatally shoots suspect in Galveston

  GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- An off-duty Houston police officer shot and killed a suspect in Galveston overnight.

It happened near San Luis. It's still not clear what led up to the shooting but the officer was not hurt in the confrontation.

We're still working to gather information and will update you on this story in our newscasts throughout the morning, as well as on abc13.com and our mobile apps.

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Man fatally shot outside NW Harris County club

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- There's an active investigation happening right now outside a northwest Harris County club, where one person was fatally shot.

Police say at around 3:45am, someone was shot outside the El Coyote sports bar on North Highway 6 and Clay Road. We've learned that person later died at the hospital.

We have a crew on the scene of the shooting gathering details. Stay with Eyewitness News and abc13.com for the latest on this breaking story.

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Suspect fatally shot on bus in SW Houston

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A bus ride in southwest Houston suddenly turned into a violent hostage situation that ended with the suspect being shot. And we've learned that suspect has died.

A Houston police spokesperson tells Eyewitness News the suspect was shot once in the chest by a police officer and died at Ben Taub Hospital.

The incident started just before 1pm on Fondren at West Bellfort, when one METRO bus passenger held a knife to the throat of another.

Eyewitness Dewayne Randolph said, "The Mexican guy jumped up, grabbed the black guy with a knife, told everybody, 'Get off the bus before I kill him!"

Police say about 20 passengers and the bus driver rushed off the bus after the man's orders. The bus driver called 911. When police arrived the two men were still on board.

"The officer entered the bus and began giving verbal commands for the suspect to drop the knife," HPD spokesperson Jodi Silva said. "The suspect continued to refuse verbal commands and continued to lunge at the passenger. The HPD officer then discharged his weapon."

Police say the suspect died at Ben Taub Hospital. The victim had minor scratches on his hands, but was treated at the scene and will be fine.

Mellanie Scales was at a nearby ATM when police yelled for her to get down.

"You know this is a sign of the times," she said. "People are really going through -- you never know what makes people snap. He just went overboard with it."

We don't know if the two men knew each other or why the fight started in the first place.

The officer has been identified as K. Johnson, assigned to the South Gessner Patrol Division. He's been with the department for 28 years. He is on three days administrative leave pending an internal affairs investigation.

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Clerk fatally shot during robbery at Family Dollar

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- There was a deadly shooting last night at a southeast Houston Family Dollar Store.

It happened at the store on Bellfort near Westover. According to investigators, two men waited until the store was about to close and ran inside wearing masks. Once inside, they reportedly held up a female clerk at gunpoint.

Investigators say during the robbery, the two men shot and killed that clerk. A male employee who was also inside at the time wasn't hurt.

"The cash register was in the open position," said Officer Javier Avila with the Houston Police Department. "How much money was taken or if any money was taken, we won't know until they conduct some type of inventory."

Investigators say the two masked men took off in a customer's car. They say the vehicle the men drove off in is a tan 2012 Toyota Camry with Louisiana license plates N23-8302.

Police are searching for those suspects right now. If you have any information on where they might be, you're asked to call police.

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Man accused of fatally shooting girlfriend

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- It was a chaotic and frightening scene in one northeast Houston neighborhood on Monday. Police say a man shot his girlfriend, chased her down as she ran for help and threatened neighbors who tried to step in.

The victim's family is distraught over her murder and shocked over what her boyfriend is accused.

"It hasn't really hit me yet," said Curtis Cormier.

He says he and his family had no way of preparing for the news that his daughter had been violently murdered.

Neighbors in the 4000 block of Liberty Road near Russell heard it and watched it unfold.

"I heard two shots and as I turned around I seen then rushing and wrestling," said Aaron Jacob.

Houston police say the early morning commotion was coming from the house where an enraged boyfriend had just opened fire on his girlfriend, who family members identify as 31-year-old Shanelle Cormier. Police say a wounded Cormier ran next door for help. Emma Babino says the victim knocked on her uncle's door.

"He was just drinking coffee and he opened the door and she was right there, you know, bleeding and fell on him," Babino said.

But her uncle had no idea he was about to stare down the barrel of a gun. Police say the suspect aimed the weapon at the helpful neighbor.

"He pointed the gun at him and was like, 'Let her go! Don't touch her!' And he just pushed her off and hurried up and closed his door," said Babino.

Authorities say the suspect then aimed at another neighbor, even grabbing his cell phone, before forcing his wounded girlfriend back into his house. Then the house was surrounded by a SWAT team.

"They hear what's sound to be gunshots. Eventually the suspect comes out and said he shot her," said a representative with HPD. "He's basically saying right now that she made him mad."

The victim's father says he didn't always agree with his daughter's lifestyle.

"She struggled with some things in her life," said Curtis Cormier.

But he says this was not supposed to happen.

The only motive police have right now is that she made him mad. The boyfriend is in custody after he eventually surrendered to police, but his identity has not been released. Police say the investigation is ongoing.

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Boy, 11, fatally shot in northwest Houston

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Witnesses say kids playing with a loaded weapon at a home in northwest Houston ended in tragedy Sunday when an 11-year-old boy was shot and killed.

Houston police are calling this an accidental shooting.

They say the boy was with other children at a condominium complex in the 2000 block of Laverne Street near Hammerly Blvd. in the Spring Branch area when the shooting happened around 2pm.

The child's grandmother, Susan Wenzel, told us that her 11-year-old grandson, Alex Whitfield, died from a gunshot wound he suffered at his father's home.

Police told her and the boy's mother that the child was playing with four other children when they found a gun.

The grandmother says they were told a child grabbed the gun and it went off, ricocheting and hitting the boy.

"As soon as he got shot, he ran inside and he fell in the living room and my neighbor -- she's a nurse. She came outside and did CPR for 10 minutes, but he passed away," witness Brian Esparza said.

Wenzel says medical staff performed CPR on the child for 40 minutes, but couldn't bring him back.

Neighbors say no adult was home at the time of the shooting. The victim's grandmother confirms that a 16-year-old was babysitting the children.

The case is still under investigation.

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Man fatally struck by car in middle of busy road

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man who was reportedly driving erratically was struck and killed in the middle of a roadway after he crashed his car and took off running, deputies say. That deadly accident scene caused a rush hour traffic mess at FM 2920 and Spring Cypress.

Investigators say this all started with a call about an erratic driver near Spring Cypress. They say the man was in a silver Volkswagen. As deputies were going to the scene, the driver crashed into a ditch near FM 2920 and bailed out of his car and began running.

Deputies say the man ran through an HEB grocery store parking lot and back onto the road. That's where another vehicle, a white Chevy pickup that was hauling a trailer, accidentally ran over the man, killing him.

It wasn't immediately known why the man was driving erratically and why he took off running after crashing his car.

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Man fatally struck by hit-and-run driver

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The search is on for a driver who ran over and killed someone and just kept driving early this morning.

The deadly hit and run happened on West Fuqua in southwest Houston about 2:15am. Police say the victim is a Hispanic male in his 40s. The driver who hit him was headed west on Fuqua.

According to police, a witness saw the driver swerve and apparently hit the man, who was standing in the street, but then kept going. He ended up stopping at the stop sign. A witness says the driver got out of his car and looked at his vehicle.

"The witness then made eye contact with the suspect and he told him, 'Hey, I think you hit somebody back there and you may want to go back.' That male then got back in his car and then drove off," said an investigating officer.

The witness also told authorities the driver didn't appear intoxicated.

Police are looking for a white Honda Accord with front right end damage, and possible window damage as well. There was a woman driver who apparently tried to chase down that driver to get a license plate. Police would like to speak that driver as well.

The victim hasn't been identified.

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