GOOD
GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM SHERN-MIN CHOW.
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. A MEMORIAL NEIGHBORHOOD GETTING
A LOT OF EYEBALLS BECAUSE OF
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. WILL WANT TO TAKE CLOSER LOOK.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT TIGER ROAMING
IN FRONT OF A HOME IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.
NEIGHBORHOOD THERE. WE ALSO GOT A LIVE LOOK FROM AIR
1 RIGHT NOW.
ANIMAL CONTROL IS AT THAT HOME,
YOU CAN SEE OFFICIALS IN THE
YARD LOOKS LIKE STATING TO CHECK
THINGS NOW.
THINGS NOW. THEN TAKE LOOK THAT VIDEO.
OFFDUTTY WALLER COUNTY DEPUTY
WHO LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
CAME OUT TO TRY HELP.
WE SPOKE TO THAT DEPUTY HE SAYS
AT FIRST, HE THOUGHTING THAT THE
SOCIAL MEDIA PS WAS A JOKE.
>> THE TYING TER LOOK LIKE IT
WAS NOT A SUPER AGGRESSIVE.
IT STOPPED ACROSS THE ROAD BUT
DID NOT LOOK SUPER A GRISSIVE.
THE LAST THING WANTED TO DO IS
SHOOT THING TOKER.
AGAIN I THINK THAT IS WHY IT WAS
EASIER FOR KNOW HAVE MORE COAL
THIS WEAPON.
THIS WEAPON. THE TIGER WAS -- IT DIDN'T SEEM
SURE DAYSIVE.
SURE DAYSIVE. >> TELEPHONE TY TELLING US IT
LASTINGED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES
BEFORE THE TIGER'S OWNER GOT IN
AT THE ANIMAL.
ALL OF THIS HAPPENED ON IVY MORE
DRIVE YESTERDAY THAT THE
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 6 AND
MEMORIAL.
MEMORIAL.
MEMORIAL. MY KHOL CHOI LIVE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD NOW.
NEIGHBORHOOD NOW. MICHELLE, SO DOES ANYONE KNOW
WHERE THIS TILING TER IS?
WHERE
WHERE
WHERE THIS TYING REMEMBER IS?
REPORTER: WELL, SHERN-MIN, WE
DON'T KNOW WHERE EXACTLY
THISTIME TIGER IS THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. NOW NEIGHBORS SAY, THE BIG CAT'S
OWNER PUT NIGHT SUV AND TOOK
OFF, SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS SPOT
HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. NOW ALL DAY, WE HAD WATCHED
NEIGHBORS WALK BACK AND FORTH TO
THIS YARD WHERE THE TIGER WAS
FIRST SPOTTED NORTH NALT FLOY
ONE WAS HURT.
AS IMAGINE, IT WAS WILD AND
SCARY SITUATION FOR THE FOLKS
LIVING HERE.
LIVING HERE. >> IT IS A SCENE STRAIGHT OUT OF
THE NEIGHBOR MOVIE.
A TEARING LOOSE IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS REAL SITUATION TOOK PLACE
AROUND 8:00 LAST NIGHT HERE ON
EYE OF VIZ WALL DRIVE IN WEST
HOUSTON.
HOUSTON.
HOUSTON. ONE WITNESS' CELL PHONE VIDEO
YOU CAN SEE THE TIGER IS WEARING
A COLLAR AROUND THE YARD UNFAZED
BY PEOPLE.
BY PEOPLE. THAT IS GOING TO BE.
YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. THAT IS A SERIES CAR.
OH, THE FIRST PERSON TO ALERT
NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE BIZARRE
ALARMING INCIDENT WAS JOSE RAMOS
WHO SPOT THE BIG CAT ACROSS THE
STREET THE HOME WINDOW.
MAKE ME COME OUT OF THE HOUSE
THEN REALLY CONFIRMED TO US, A
TIGER IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
>> HE THEN QUICKLY SNAPPED THIS
PIC AND POSTED IT ON THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BLOG.
NEIGHBORHOOD BLOG. IT WAS SCARY BECAUSE THIS IS A
VERY FAMILY ORIENTED COMMUNITY
AND YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF KIDS AND
BABY STROLLING, AND, AND, AND
PEOPLE TAKING THEIR, YOU KNOW,
THE PET, DOGS WALKING THEM.
SO AGAIN, THE FIRST THING I
THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO
ALERT.
ALERT.
ALERT. OFFDUTY DEP THINK ABOUT LIVES
NEARBY SAW THINK POST AND IN THE
VIDEO RECORD YOU CAN SEE INTENSE
MOMENTS THAT FOLLOWED THE DEPUTY
POINTING THE GUN AT THE TIGER AS
IT WALKS CLOSER TO HIM.
>> NO, SIR.
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. >>
>> NO. >> UNTIL IT APPEARS THE TOOLING
TER'S OWNER BRINGS THE AND
OWNER BACK INSIDE.
>> I AM.
>> I AM.
>> I AM. I AM AM?
I AM AM?
I AM AM? WE ARE TOLD SHORTLY AFTER THIS.
THIS MAN PUT THE TYING TER IN A
VEHICLE AND LEFT BEFORE HPD
OFFICERS RIDE OF YOU CAN SEE ARE
HAR THE DISPATCH HALTER THAT
TOOK PLACE MOMENTS BEFORE.
RAMOS WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR SAYS
THE NEIGHBORS MOVED IN LATE LAST
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. HE
YEAR. HE NEVER NOTICED ANYTHING
SUSPICIOUS BUT DID RECALL ONE
INVOLVING ANOTHER ANIMAL HE SAW
PEAKING OUT THROUGH THE
NEIGHBOR'S WINDOW.
NEIGHBOR'S WINDOW. THERE WAS CHAP PACINO MONKEY.
>> AND NOW THE IS FORN NOTE, IT
IS ILLEGAL TO OWN A BIG CAT LIKE
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. WITHIN HOUSTON'S CITY LIMITS
HOWEVER, ITS YOU A LOUED BEEN
WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS SA
PROPER PERMIT.
PROPER PERMIT. AS FOR THIS SITUATION, GUYS.
WE SPOKE TO THE HOMEOWNER OF THE
RENTAL PROPERTY WHERE THE TIGER
ALLEGEDLY LIVED HE TELLS YOU HE
IN THE PROCESS OF EARLY PROCESS
OF EFFECTING HIS NENTS WHO
INITIALLY TOLD HIM THAT THEY DID
NOT OWN ANY ANIMALS.
WE'LL STAY ON TOP OF THIS STORY
AND SPOKE TO HPD WHO TOLDS THIS
RE NOWING HAVING.
INTEREST.
INTEREST.
INTEREST. WE STAY ON TOP OF THE STORY AS
AUTHORITIES TRY LE KATE THAT
TIGER AND THE LATEST ON