Just a note before turning back over to chief chief Anna.
As you have heard, this was a private, a private party
last
night of about 40 people
in that group
somebody or people know
who the actual shooter shoot us were.
And
let me just ask like has already been asked
that anyone who has information on the shooter shooter
has
to provide that information to HPD
and let us solve this
situation
that us let us
bring Justice to
to this family.
But I imagining
for any of the persons who were at this private party,
that
know that have information on the shooter or Shooters,
please provide that information to HPD
and let us solve it. We will,
we will solve this
particular
case.
We will find the shooter or Shooters
but information provided up to expedite that
we will.
I do want to extend my condolences
to the mom.
I’ve take off to all the family members of take all the
families and friends.
So I do want to,
I want to do that
because it doesn’t matter
how famous you are. You may not be famous at all.
Anybody who loses? His or her life
is a life lost
and
Family members and friends who were grieving as a result.
What
I’ve consistently said
over the last several months,
is that I’m concerned with this age group,
young group between 16 and 24. Let’s take 16 24,
16 and 30.
There are too many
young men of color
that are killing
young, men
of color.
And we do need to have that conversation.
We do need to deal with it head-on.
This was a private party private event
coming at the end
and then we have the shooting. And now one person is
no longer with us
and it’s not just in the hip-hop community
and I just don’t want to demonize this group
but it’s across the board
with this,
with this demographic,
where people are no longer resolving their disputes of their argument
through
a fistfight,
But now everybody has access to guns.
And so when there’s a disagreement, people pulled their guns, and they start shooting,
and
then someone a people of faith in Lee shot
and killed or people are
injured.
And that’s unfortunate in my day.
You have a disagreement fistfight
and you deal with it in this day,
if there’s a disagreement in those
few seconds, when the emotions are running High,
people pulled their guns and then there.
Shooting.
And as a consequence of that,
we have too many young, men of color
that
being
injured or fatally killed.
And
their future is cut off
and family, members and friends are left to mourn.
That’s not have to be our our reality
and it need not be our future
and so as it relates to this particular incident,
what I would say to the people in this city and even Beyond
We
will solve this crime,
let us solve this crime,
let us bring
the person’s of persons to Justice and we will.
And then we will continue to move to make our city a safer City.
It’s disappointing. You have to putting in place once a few
soon, which is still in place
when the numbers are trending in the right direction.
When homicides in the city of Houston
or below 11 percent below last year,
when the numbers are violent crime, in almost every category,
Gauri
I down in comparison to last year,
but one,
one incident
one loss of life through shooting
is one too many irrespective of the numbers
trending in the right direction.
So
we
just want to let people know
there’s
this, this particular crime will be resolved and it
will be addressed. But if you have any information
for those in the hip-hop Community, to those who were there last
night,
Please. Please provide that information to
a speedy
and then let us work
to quickly
resolve it. Thanks. Thanks you. Thank you, ma’am.
Yes,
go ahead.
Speculation on social media that
take off may not have been the in
may not have been involved in the beef,
whatever went down.
Is there any indication that he
was calling some sort of cross fire? Even perhaps shot by a
shot?
I don’t want to speculate but I do want to
say
based on what people say about him
he’s well-respected
nonviolent
I would not expect him to be involved,
okay? But I do want to wait and
on the investigation but we have no
Reason
to believe that he was involved in anything
criminal
at the time. Just as people describe him
a
very peaceful,
loving
great Entertainer.
Is there a dice game going on when this happens?
That’s still part of the investigation. I don’t want to speculate
on that. I want to
determine that and we’re still in the early stages is only
happening our
a few hours ago. I meant to say. So
go ahead.
At least two,
at least two right now and with
the processing of the scene and, you know,
we Trace
casein. So
you know, we’re in the process of doing that.
So it sounds as though the suspect or suspects were at this private
party.
We believe. So
go ahead
outside
here.
I’m not comfortable saying that I want to speculate not at this time.
Go ahead.
I think they were probably all in their 20s, okay? But
again,
I don’t like speculation.
We want to wait until we nail it down
where we go.
I want us to all understand
the family is hurting, and I don’t mind the questions. I mean, that’s a part
of it,
but if we sent off family, I loved ones who are
looking
and listening
on a roller coaster. That’s what I always Carson again as the
police chief.
I want to make sure that we’re taking
Emma consideration,
but we are gonna
bottom line.
Mark, my word
and Market,
this great City
with all great citizens,
with our Police Department,
we will find who’s responsible for it.
Go ahead.
I don’t want to judge them at this moment right now
I want to call him the action in the mayor said and this is very important
and I don’t want my message to get twisted up either
because sometimes people
take a portion of what you say
and they take away from the context of
the message
that you’re trying to bring
it’s not just hip-hop,
it is that age
and we need to give them some help.
We’ve done a lot of things in our city
we need to cultivate them
be there and support them.
Now, there’s a few in any population
or any community
that are just evil,
and that’s a very few.
And I don’t know the backgrounds of these people, let us find out who
did it let us do our investigation. But
those individuals that I talked about,
that are committing Crime After Crime,
don’t know if this is the case here,
but we do have some
to at least two individuals pulling triggers around here.
We’re going to get him in custody, okay?
To get her and then I’ll come back. I want to get in there.
We got time. We get back. Yes.
We’re viewing it as part of the investigation and
that may uncover something. But
the best thing that we have, because even if we have a face,
The
best thing somebody can stand up because somebody knows exactly
who it was.
And I’m really confident that somebody’s going to step up anybody
over here, and then I’ll come back to you
and I’ll come back to you,
good.
Or was it an argument or disagreement that had
a still part of the best of gation at some point I think that
was a disagreement or on something and we’re still trying to determine
that and work that out. But again
once we determine it, what will put it out there?
Okay go ahead sir.
I don’t know
right now just the private party at that location
that’s going to be part of the investigation. We need to
talk to management. We need to talk to individuals who were actually
there.
A lots of going this investigation still early on.
Go ahead
century
You know where this fits in the sort of
broader picture of what Houston has been dealing with for the last couple of years. Right.
Ami
that the mayor did mention
crying I don’t think it’s since Janice just Houston.
I think it’s society
and I’ve said this
probably thousand times you know
over the last
year and a half or so
nobody knows. Okay
this thing with covid.
Criminology is are going to be studying this here for years. You know.
So go ahead and
let me address that because I want to make it very clear
that this is not a Houston unique situation
and I know all this year and all these months people have been trying
to make this a Houston unique situation
Jeff’s. This morning
I’m looking at all the crime stats of all of the major cities.
Okay?
Houston is not the worst city.
Far from
okay,
every city in this country is facing issues.
But the good news in this city, what I can say
is that we are trending in the right direction.
We have 46
fewer homicides
this year than we had last year,
if it was 46 more than last year.
You’ll be hearing about that
and you would be reporting on that
but no one is reporting that we have 46 fewer homicides
this year
than the same time last year.
Homicides 11 percent below where we were last year.
But I will say this, this was not an incident that happened
at
an just like an open Club
where people can come in and come out and nobody knows everybody,
this was a
private event.
And based on the investigative about 40 people.
It is important
for the hip-hop Community,
for everybody else, for this city, for the family.
It is important for,
for
those who have information
on who the shooter shooters, were
to make that information known,
There’s a responsibility and accountability on all of us to do that.
And
that’s why I want to deal with the subject matter that there are too
many
too many young men of color
that are being
lives, being caught color,
cut short,
from other young men of color.
And that has to stop because that’s tragic.
And so I want to I want to again
to a plead to
to the persons who were there
who have information
on any of these shooters were
give
HPD law enforcement that information
so we can solve this
situation
sooner rather than later.
So, you don’t have others out there, trying to solve it for themselves.
Okay,
we owe that to
take off mom
and to the family. And I want the mother to know
and the family members to know
that this city
is praying for them.
And we value.
Their family members life,
okay
and we intend to solve it,
and that’s why
we all standing here.
We intend to solve it
because these types of shootings, just can’t happen
and then we move on to the next one.
Thanks mayor.
Might take a couple of more.
Somebody who had an actual question yet.
Go ahead.
There, when the shooting occurred and is you working with investigators?
Yes,
I’m not sure exactly who was there. We going to determine that.
I don’t,
I don’t say that anybody had been working with us. Um,
it’s just, it’s just happened to a 2:30 a.m. this morning.
So
we expect family members and everybody to work with us,
and we’ll give with you on that. Who was it
one? Go ahead.
We don’t know the relationship right now. We just know that they’re in the
hospital.
I think I’m vestigators had an opportunity to briefly talk
with them,
but
they’re being tended to, so we’ll get back at them. Maybe
later on today or tomorrow.
Yes,
yes, yes.
Go ahead.
You mentioned earlier outside of the blanket call for evidence of people to come
forward, as kind of are used to hearing it. I felt like
you had a moment there where it almost felt personal here. And I’m just
curious for everyone here. One more time
for the dozens of witnesses, who saw this play out,
what is your message to?
Did you ask for
my parcel? And I don’t like to
put it on Troy filner, you know, but
I’m proud of my city.
I love this city. I love this department
and I know the harder our people, I spend the majority of
55
years
in this city
and I know what we’re about.
So
that’s what I’m trying to wake up
and and
if I got to do that and calling people,
that’s what I want to do and it is personal,
but it’s not only personal for this
incident.
Anybody that’s killed in our city. Like I’ll marry said time
and time again.
You take it personal
and I don’t know how chief of police don’t take it personal.
Now it may
I could all have any great houses and ball hit it, okay?
It may do that to me,
made add a little bit of stress, but you know what, I don’t know how police
chief’s in our nation. Don’t care. And I can tell you, most
of them cares as much as I care,
but I got a lot of strong men and women on our team.
And what we’re going to get Justice for this family.
The Step Up,
real simple. Just like I said,
I’ve always said people,
what? If it was your family member,
what would you want them to do?
Real simple,
that’s good.
And I’ll come back to you.
Yeah.
We
may be looking at this from afar thinking.
Wait, we want to put it in perspective.
Crimes can happen anywhere, but don’t don’t forget.
Don’t forget
private event
and I’m not trying to diminish it in, it’s a private event.
It’s
not a random just out on the street. So I want people
to understand that
got a great city with a lot of great people
and we’re going to be fine here,
we got work to do it. I’m going to take two more,
cause all my investigators are
I mean I got to get back. Okay, I’m gonna get you and then I’m gonna come back
at you, okay? So, all right, yes, ma’am.
What
I’m not sure on that.
I hope
Vince are in at least a 2 a.m.
that’s part of the investigation but I know that shooting did occur
outside.
Okay.
Go ahead.
I don’t know right now
and unfortunately
he has to
autopsy will take place and in that
I don’t know, probably sometime tomorrow.
They’ll get that information to us again. I don’t want to speculate but
again,
in closing,
pray for that family.
Pray for everybody involved,
his mom,
I don’t know her. But
my heart goes out to her
and people don’t understand
the human element
and that’s what we want. These young men to think about.
Stop just pulling the darn trigger,
think
and calm yourself down a little bit, you know, but
that’s what we got to work on as side and Society. So thank y’all.