'This child and her family deserve justice,' Houston Police Chief Troy Finner stated, asking the public to come forward with any information.
The Houston Police Department says a 12-year-old girl was grazed in the neck by a stray bullet from celebratory gunfire on New Year's Day. Around the same time, another family says a bullet barely missed a 3-year-old girl.A 12-year-old girl was struck by a stray bullet from celebratory gunfire on New Year’s Day, Houston’s police chief says.
Police are asking for the public to come forward with any information about the shooting. They can call HPD Major Assaults at 308-8800 or Crime Stoppers at 222-TIPS.In the statement, Chief Finner also said that officers arrested five suspects over the holiday for illegally discharging firearms in the city and took into custody another 43 suspects for drunk driving.
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