Although there is no known motive for the deaths, police believe the victims were targeted. Investigators are reviewing area surveillance footage to find other witnesses or hoping to get images of the suspects.
Violent crime in Texas up
Texas recently adopted the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) used by the FBI. It is expected that the database will help with crime tracking and information sharing. But experts say that the numbers don’t reveal enough about the nationwide rise in violence.
Texas had 113,672 violent crime incidents reported in 2021. This is an increase from 94,373 incidents reported in 2020.
However, Houston’s numbers were slightly down last year with the number of violent-crime incidents reported between 2021 (28,325) and 2020 (29,474).
The clearance rate for violent incidents also declined from 7,464 in 2021 compared to 8,172 in 2020.
Anyone with information on this case or any homicide case in Houston please contact:
HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600
