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    May 17, 2012

    Suspect Arrested In May 4 Rap Shooting

    Jordan Wilson, the former member of the Alief-area rap group FDAB charged with murder in the May 4 shooting death of his ex-bandmate Toyurean "T.O.Y." Young, has been arrested, the Houston Police Department said this morning. According to HPD, Wilson, who had reportedly been feuding with Young on T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Rap Feud Turns Deadly In Southwest Houston

    A young man killed in the parking lot of a southwest Houston McDonalds the night of May 4 was an up-and-coming Alief-area rapper, and police believe he was killed by a former bandmate who left to start a rival group. According to a criminal complaint filed in Harris County District Court, Toyurean ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Toyurean Young, 20, Bayou Body Count No. 58

    Police are searching for a man charged with murder in connection with a shooting in the 10700 block of Beechnut Friday night. The suspect, 19-year-old Jordan Q. Wilson, has been charged with murdering Toyurean Young, 20, as part of an ongoing dispute between the two. "Wilson approached Mr. Young, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Darrel Franklin Clay Jr.: Wounded, Now Charged After Shooting By Metro Officer

    A man who was wounded after being shot by a moonlighting Metro officer has been charged with aggravated assault against a public servant, Houston police say. Darrel Franklin Clay Jr., 20, got into an altercation with Metro police officer P.M. Martinez about 5:40 p.m. in the 800 block of Green Road ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Upcoming Events: Real Life Is for March

    Leap Day William is coming to town next week! Valentino Vin Bar is celebrating the quadrennial Leap Day on February 29 with a $29 all-inclusive lunch. That $29 will get you three courses -- soup, pizza and dessert -- and even includes tax, tip and valet. Just remember to wear yellow and blue. (Not r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Raymond Lee Mazon: Shoots Three Outside A Midtown Club

    Photo by HPDRaymond Mazon: Shooting pedestrians in Midtown​Houston police arrested Raymond Lee Mazon, 26 after they say he opened fire on three people after getting kicked out of a Midtown club early Sunday morning. Police say Mazon was ordered to leave Link Lounge at 2901 Fannin and walked a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    David Cruz: Gets in Accident & Flees, Grabbing the Beers But Leaving Passenger to Die

    Photo by HPDDavid Cruz: Taking what's important.​David Cruz, 20, definitely has priorities. He just doesn't have very good ones. According to court documents, Cruz was driving three other men around after midnight on Halloween when he got in an accident. The three passengers were hurt, one se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Unidentified Male Pasenger of DWI Driver, Bayou Body Count No. 173

    Photo by HPDSamuel Sanchez was drunk during fatal crash, HPD says​Houston police have charged man with intoxication manslaughter after the death of his passenger in a crash early Saturday morning. Franklin P. Canales, 50, faces the charge. The victim's name was not released pending notificati ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    Hatchet Job

    Activist Ray Hill responds to "Montrose Murder."

  • Music

    October 28, 2010

    Midnight Movers

    San Antonio's Girl in a Coma may stumble onstage, but not on Adventures in Coverland.

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    KPFT's Matt Helfrich ID'd As Montrose Stabbing Victim

    Updated at 1:20 p.m. with a statement from KPFT's Duane Bradley. Photos by Melissa Noble/ KPFT on Facebook​Matt Helfrich, an imposing-looking but good-natured volunteer and occasional fill-in DJ for 90.1 KPFT FM, has been identified as the man stabbed to death at the Skylane Apartments on Wes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Jaime Salazar, Bayou Body Count No. 168

    Trading gunfire with a security guard​A dispute with a bouncer at a Gulf Freeway nightclub ended in death, but any charges in the incident are in the hands of a Harris County grand jury. Houston police say Jaime Salazar, no age given, was refusing to leave the El Antro nightclub in the 8100 block ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2010

    Road Dogs

    LP on the way, Houston's American Fangs stay sharp through constant touring.

  • Music

    June 3, 2010

    Seeking Joy

    Jill Scott returns to the studio after various screen projects and a son.

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Little Joe Washington Hospitalized In Ben Taub ICU

    [Updated at 2:33 p.m. with information from Reg Burns, who saw Joe at the hospital Monday and has more information on his condition.] Mark Britain Little Joe Washington at House of Blues, May 8, 2010​Little Joe Washington is in the intensive care unit of Ben Taub Hospital after undergoing e ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2010

    Houston's Craziest Headline?

    Does a headline that draws attention to a story always have to be politically correct?

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Marcel Simpson, 19: Bayou Body Count No. 7

    ​If you try to take my shit, I can shoot your ass.This is the compact all Texans make with each other, whether they want to or not. It is both an unwritten cultural law and a general principle that can be upheld in a court of law.The notion may soon be put to the test, however, in the wake of an a ... More >>

  • News

    December 31, 2009

    Houston's Craziest

    In a one-of-a-kind short list, HPD names the 30 most troubled mentally ill in the city.

  • News

    December 24, 2009

    Holiday Madness

    Looking for quick help, some patients instead found themselves locked in a county mental health unit and not going anywhere.

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Bayou Body Count: Mowing The Lawn Can Be Dangerous, Even If You're Not A Character On Mad Men

    ​Gotcha!Houston police have finally caught the gunman in a 2004 murder, hunting him all across the United States and Mexico before arresting him Tuesday in Houston.Police say that Oscar David Zamarripa, 24, shot and killed 22-year-old Alberto Rivera a little more than five years ago at 2215 Hollis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Bayou Body Count: Never Trust A Man With A Hatchet

    ​Throughout history, the term "hatchet man" has meant different things. In the 1880s, it was slang for a Chinese hired assassin. In the mid-1900s, it was used to describe a journalist who assassinated the character of a public figure.Today in Houston, it means something much simpler: someone who a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    The Chevy Cobalt: Not So Safe After All

    There's nothing wrong with the Chevy Cobalt. It's an affordable little car that gets pretty good gas mileage on the highway, but is it really worth killing over? According to Houston police, the answer appears to be yes. Huu Khanh Phung, 55, was in his silver-colored Cobalt near the intersectio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Bayou Body Count: Nothing Good Comes From A Naked, Gun-Toting Man

    Houston police officers at the Northeast Patrol Division substation got more than just a shock Tuesday when a car wildly crashed through the facility's security gate. They ended up in a shootout in which the driver of the car was killed. According to a mix of police and media reports, officers from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Bayou Body Count: Some Arrests, And Sex Gone Wrong

    Houston police have arrested Harry Dwight Williams for allegedly shooting a 19-year-old man and his girlfriend earlier this month at McCullough Park. Police say that James Smith, 19, was walking through the park with his girlfriend when he saw Williams, and the two men started arguing. When they sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Bayou Body Count: The Handyman Goes Wild

    It was the case of a handyman gone wild. Harris County deputies began investigating the murder of Elizabeth Ann Williams, 66, after her body was discovered inside her home at 3618 Treaschwig on March 28. Williams had been stabbed and beaten. On Monday, detectives say, they finally got their man. New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Bayou Body Count: Nudity, Crack Pipes & A Double-Murder-Suicide

    The big news this week in Bayou Body Count is the three dead family members League City police are investigating as a possible murder-murder-suicide. Lewis Cantrell Jr. and his wife Gayle Cantrell were found shot to death in their living room on the 2900 block of Chinaberry Park Lane. Lewis Cantrell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Harris County Mental-Health Court Still A Ways Off

    After hearing about a recently-approved mental health court for felony offenders, a Katy woman -- who wished to remain anonymous -- was thrilled because she thought it would work perfectly for her 17-year-old son. He'd been in and out of jail since last summer, after originally being arrested for as ... More >>

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    Naked Men: The ManKind Project and Michael Scinto

    The organization was supposed to make him a better man. Instead, his parents say, it made him a dead one.

  • News

    February 9, 2006

    Shortchanged

    Houston-based immigrants who flock to New Orleans can get all the jobs they want. Getting paid is a lot harder.

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    Shots Fired

    An assistant principal and his students get a quick course in second chances

  • Music

    January 20, 2005

    Souchin' into Bethlehem

    Greg Wood's latest health scare costs him a few pounds of flesh and almost takes his arm

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    Bloodless Coup

    There'll be no waivers for patients in this experimental blood-substitute program

  • News

    February 26, 2004

    Getting Out

    Too scared to leave her house, Sandy has one last chance: a county crisis team that will come to her

  • News

    December 27, 2001

    Little Joe Makes It Big

    Joe Washington goes from down and out to up and coming

  • News

    September 6, 2001

    A Night in the Tub

    An angel named Grace, a doctor who's a real Trip and fresh gore flooding the ER -- the new Ben Taub gets old quick

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Letters

    Rockin' On, A Stark Affair, Wrong War?

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    The Party's Over

    A classic Houston hell-raiser dies after two decades of debauchery

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    The Bench Warmer

    After two defeats by voters, will Bob Burdette finally lose his black robe to a DWI?

  • News

    March 1, 2001

    Mental Lapse

    Increasing deficits cause MHMRA to close a new treatment clinic

  • News

    February 8, 2001

    Hot Shots

    There's a bull market on the meningitis vaccine. Are some doctors cashing in?

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Upstairs Down - and Out?

    A money-starved mental health treatment unit may die in its infancy

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    No Parking

    The lots around the nightspots were loaded. So was the passenger's pistol.

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Future Shock

    Can the system keep up with the evolution of mental health?

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Catch Us If You Can

    Steve Chesser went to MHMRA for help. Sent home from its emergency clinic without medicine or therapy, he shot his and killed himself. Diagnosis: A mental health care system in free fall.

  • News

    July 13, 2000

    Taking Aim

    Teenagers and anti-handgun advocates are helping Jaime Barrica keep a promise to his dead son

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Warded Off

    She got into a suspect nursing home. And the probate system got most of her money.

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Not Your Grandma's Girl Scouts

    Rachelle Anderson just took super Girl Scout honors. And it wasn't hustling cookies that got her there.

  • News

    January 25, 1996

    Autopsy

    Since Dr. Joe retired as Harris Countys chief medical examiner, the morgue itself has been undergoing a critical examination. Whats been uncovered botched postmortems, illegal tissue-harvesting, double-dipping pathologists reveals a county office thats op

  • News

    December 14, 1995

    Getting the Lead Out

    A Mexican folk remedy stymies attempts to cleanse Houston of a heavy metal

  • News

    October 6, 1994

    Psychotic Reaction

    Need emergency psychiatric care in Harris County? Have a seat. Or call a cab.

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