Bullets rip through a Third Ward neighborhood not once, but twice in just a matter of days. The incidents caught on camera are sparking a call to the community to team up with city leaders to devise a plan for change.
The incidents caught on camera are sparking a call to the community to team up with city leaders to devise a plan for change.was able to ahold of that footage and talk to community advocates who are determined to make a difference.
“We’ve had two shootouts in 72 hours. This is disturbing,” Tamaro Bell, President of the MacGregor Park Super Neighborhood said.“It was about 2′oclock or something in the morning after the clubs get out, and I mean over 36 shots fired. The two individuals or whatever, they were having their beef,” she said.In the video Bell provided, she could see a car believed to be driven by an innocent bystander turn left after the driver was hit.She says the driver is still in the hospital recovering.
Other ideas include installing safety cameras that can read license plates, and upping HPD and security patrols. “All of our children are on the streets here every day so, we definitely feel like… it’s disturbing, but you know what, I do think Third Ward, Houston as a whole going to come together. We’re going to deal with it and make it happen,” the couple said.
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