Blue Dogs Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Folks, another shooting incident has taken place at the Ch. 13 studios again. According to both the Houston Chronicle and Mike McGuff.com, a woman was charged with deadly conduct, accused of firing shots outside the station.Michelle Monique Burks was charged in the shooting at KTRK Ch 13, 3310 Bissonnet near Rutgers in southwest Houston.A woman who was outside the property's security fence opened fire about 9am at the building, said Sgt. Julie Pleasant of the Houston Police Department. She drove away in a silver Chevrolet Camaro.Five shots hit the windows in front of the building. Spent bullets were found inside an office where a woman had been working at the time of the shooting. A bullet hit one car in the parking lot. Officers with the West University Police Department spotted it in the 4700 block of Richmond, Pleasant said.The woman was brought back to the scene and was identified by witnesses who were outside at the time of the shooting.KTRK issued a statement thanking a witness who photographed the incident and was able to help police identify the suspected shooter.Any reaction to the shooting incident at Ch. 13 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 You're referring to yesterday's shooting, right? What was the reason for the first one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Apparently, she's the same person who fired shots at the same station.Plus, she sent threatening messages to several Ch. 13 anchors such as Melanie Lawson and Sharron Melton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Same person? Sheesh. What's her beef? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 She accused Ch. 13 of publishing stories about her family including herself with her stupid theory.I think she needs to be in a MENTAL INSTITUTION . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I thought it was curious that Ch. 13 didn't make reference to the previous shooting incident. At least, not in the news stories I saw. Maybe the 13 management just doesn't want to give her more publicity but surely other stations will pick it up and run with it. Of course, if the perp sent emails to 13 reporters, then we may never hear about those on the other stations. And, what was this "story" that 13 did about her and her family? Personally, I like Melanie but there is something about Sharron's delivery that irks me. Hate to hear that either is a target though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Little Frau, they weren't the only ones targeted , she apparently sent threatening messages to other Ch. 13 anchors and reporters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 She accused Ch. 13 of publishing stories about her family including herself with her stupid theory.I think she needs to be in a MENTAL INSTITUTION . Definitely sounds like she has mental problems... http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2014/03/alleged_channel_13_shooter_wro.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 When I was at 11, we had several similar incidents. For some reason people fell like it's OK to shoot at/up TV stations. 11 has the unfortunate disadvantage of being right on Allen Parkway, so people would shoot at us driving by. They didn't have to make the commitment of finding a parking space and walking all the way over to the station to take a shot. In my time there (1999-2003), there were three shooting incidents that I knew about. I suspect there were others that I didn't know about, because for some reason people didn't talk about them a lot. Or at least didn't talk about them to me. I remember during one newsroom reconstruction after yet another Buffalo Bayou flooding, the talent complained about having their offices moved to the outer wall where they could get shot more easily. Previously there were only conference rooms on the outer wall. When I was in Cincinnati, the receptionist had a bulletproof desk she could duck behind because it got shot up once. Though, statistically you were more likely to get mauled by a tiger than to get shot by a thug at that station. In my time there, four people were injured by tigers, but there was only the one shooting. I've seen stations in Detroit and other cities where the lobby is like a prison sally port, and the receptionist sits in a booth surrounded by bulletproof glass with a mechanical drawer. Like at a ghetto bank or pawn shop. Remarkably, when I was in Chicago TV (five years), nobody ever shot up the TV stations. But the anchors got police escorts home from work at night, and we had off-duty police officers for security guards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Editor, the fact is that majority of Ch. 13 anchors and reporters need police escorts to and from work from now on.It could happen to other stations like KPRC-TV NBC 2 and KRIV-TV Fox 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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