Tiko Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 The news crawl on Fox yesterday morning had something about an attempted robbery with shots fired in the Heights, apparently a man in his driveway. I haven't heard anything about it, anyone know what happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 No, but a friend said that the other night (Wed? Tue?) there were a bunch of guys driving around Garden Oaks mugging people at shotgun-point. It was right around the Petrol Station area. Not sure if they caught them or not.Pretty brash, considering how residential that area is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Where are the CHL holders when you really need them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFlinch Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Where are the CHL holders when you really need them?They're too busy on the internet telling fellow HAIFers how brave they'll be if they ever need to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Where are the CHL holders when you really need them?Unsure... but if Texas doesnt pass a law like AZ, then perhaps the State Of Texas can sponsor/provide free CHL classes. What say you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFlinch Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Unsure... but if Texas doesnt pass a law like AZ, then perhaps the State Of Texas can sponsor/provide free CHL classes. What say you?Great idea. There's nothing that warms my heart more than the thought of a bunch of toothless hillbillies play-acting like they're Wyatt Earp and the streets of Houston are the Old West. That sounds safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Since I am already allowed to carry a handgun in my driveway, as well as my vehicle, I don't see what more a CHL would do...except perhaps to talk tough on the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiko Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 I've never been motivated enough to go get my CHL, but thread-hijacking is a serious crime. I'm signing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Matt Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 From a Friend in the Area:"I remember when this happened (last week some time). There were severalreports from around the area of guys riding around in a white car robbingpeople on the street, driveway, sidewalk, etc.... I remember that one ofthe victims was messing with his telescope when they pulled up and robbedhim. This happened on the east side of shepherd on the 34th near Grahampark. As far as I know, none of the robberies happened near the PetrolStation." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 So, there were no driveway robberies in the Heights at all then, as this location is most decidedly in Garden Oaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiko Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 So, there were no driveway robberies in the Heights at all then, as this location is most decidedly in Garden Oaks.It's annoying how the news cites everything from Richmond to 1960 as "The Heights". Thanks for the updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 It's annoying how the news cites everything from Richmond to 1960 as "The Heights". Or "Midtown", or "Montrose", or "Southwest Houston", etc. It's as if they pick a name out of a hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcook2002 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 this was in Garden Oaks, folks. they also caught the car full of 4 perps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 this was in Garden Oaks, folks. they also caught the car full of 4 perps.They did? Awesome! Did you see an article somewhere? I'd like to send it to a friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcook2002 Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 i had been reading about the saga on another forum from the mouth of one of the 4 that were robbed. he did confirm they caught the car with all 4 guys in it and they had gotten some of their goods back too. they removed the thread though because of the pending cases/jail time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margokorin Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 The couple had been walking home from the Petrol Station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Or "Midtown", or "Montrose", or "Southwest Houston", etc. It's as if they pick a name out of a hat.They do. Have you read the chron lately? I think their reporters barely made it out of middle school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 They did? Awesome! Did you see an article somewhere? I'd like to send it to a friendThere's a small article on channel 13's website. I used their search box for "telescope". It came up with something like, 'stargazer fights back'. Happened on 4-29 and bad guys used a pellet gun. Not much to the piece but there may be something on other stations' sites too. Maybe on FOX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintCyr Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 They do. Have you read the chron lately? I think their reporters barely made it out of middle school.At least they distinguish that there are neighborhoods in the loop... Talk to people from Katy or Woodlands, they consider everything inside 610 loop as "downtown". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 At least they distinguish that there are neighborhoods in the loop... Talk to people from Katy or Woodlands, they consider everything inside 610 loop as "downtown".Sometimes...I've read chron articles where a crime occurred in "northwest Houston" that were the Heights, Oak Forest, Acres Home, or even Cypress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Sometimes...I've read chron articles where a crime occurred in "northwest Houston" that were the Heights, Oak Forest, Acres Home, or even Cypress.Yeah, that's what I always hear too. Heights = northwest. So everytime there is a shooting out near Champions, I'll get some friend from the 'burbs emailing to ask if it was near me. le sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Just like Westheimer and the Loop is Southwest Houston. It's been like that since I moved here in 1976, so it's not likely to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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