HPD: Man Dies While Trying To Steal Boat

click2houston.com ^ | 8 April, 2009 | NA

[marktwain]

HOUSTON -- One person was killed when a group of men tried to steal a boat while driving down a freeway, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Houston police said three men in a car tried to steal a boat that a man was hauling with his pickup truck on Interstate 45 at about 1 a.m.

Investigators said the men in the car opened fire on the man in the pickup truck. The man in the pickup truck returned fire, officials said.

One of the men inside the car was killed. The driver of the car stopped at a gas station on North Shepherd Drive for help.

The driver of the pickup truck lost control and ended up a field. There were fish in the boat because the man was returning from a fishing trip at Lake Conroe.

[marktwain]

Awful reporting. How do we know robbery was the motive? What guns were used, what caliber, how many shots were fired? What speed?

Terrible lack of detail.

[VeniVidiVici]

The poor fish!

(LOL! Why in the heck is that in the story?)

[Tijeras_Slim]

Texas Somalis not clear on the concept.

[Lancey Howard]

lol

[BerryDingle]

The man in the pickup truck returned fire, officials said.

Good story though.

One of the men inside the car was killed. The driver of the car stopped at a gas station on North Shepherd Drive for help.

[1believer]

Of coarse they were assault weapons As weapons are always the cause of the crime and therefore assaulting.
Plus they did not have a picture of an AK-47 handy at the time of the report to display, even though it was probably a 9-mm hand gun.

[HardStarboard]

Maybe the guys were just trying to shoot the fish??

The human race is weird. The writer of this story is the weirdest.

[waus]

It’s always a great day when you can start off reading such a heartwarming story. Absolutely no sarcasm intended.

This perfectly illustrates the benefit of the concealed weapon law in Texas.

[Lancey Howard]

The report sounds like a grden-variety road rage incident. NOTHING in the “report” provides evidence that there was an attempt to steal the boat. Wow. That is some lame “reporting”.

[1believer]

The poor fish!
(LOL! Why in the heck is that in the story?

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-875

HR 875 IH 111th CONGRESS 1st Session

H. R. 875

To establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.

[Leo Carpathian]

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uh, uh

[GOYAKLA]

Today’s winner!!

[Cheetahcat]

I guess the moral to the story is watch out in Texas when using people for target practice they shoot back.

[KarinG1]

Why in the heck is that in the story?

Because it's news. I didn't know they were biting at Conroe.

[Red_Devil 232]

Ah HA! So the guys in the car were actually the food police! Everything is explained!

[Fiddlstix]

Ping

[Txngal]

Don’t mess with Texas.

[John123]

Wrap the idiot in newspaper and eat the fish for dinner...

[1believer]

SEC. 401. PROHIBITED ACTS.

It is prohibited--

(1) to manufacture, introduce, deliver for introduction, or receive in interstate commerce any food that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe;

(2) to adulterate or misbrand any food in interstate commerce;

(3) for a food establishment or foreign food establishment to fail to register under section 202, or to operate without a valid registration;

(4) to refuse to permit access to a food establishment or food production facility for the inspection and copying of a record as required under sections 205(f) and 206(a);

(5) to fail to establish or maintain any record or to make any report as required under sections 205(f) and 206(b);

(6) to refuse to permit entry to or inspection of a food establishment as required under section 205;

(7) to fail to provide to the Administrator the results of testing or sampling of food, equipment, or material in contact with food, that is positive for any contaminant under section 205(f)(1)(B);

(8) to fail to comply with a provision, regulation, or order of the Administrator under section 202, 203, 204, 206, or 208;

(9) to slaughter an animal that is capable for use in whole or in part as human food at a food establishment processing any food for commerce, except in compliance with the food safety law;

(10) to transfer food in violation of an administrative detention order under section 402 or to remove or alter a required mark or label identifying the food as detained;

(11) to fail to comply with a recall or other order under section 403; or

(12) to otherwise violate the food safety law.

[blam]

Shootout In NW Houston Leaves One Dead

Wednesday, April 08, 2009 | 9:29AM

A shootout between two vehicles ended with one dead and two others in the hospital.

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A driver fought off alleged would-be robbers by shooting into their car while chasing them overnight.

One of them happened on Shepherd near West Little York in northwest Houston. Police found one person dead and two others wounded inside a white vehicle around 1am in the area near I-45 and Beltway 8

Authorities say the people inside the car were allegedly trying to rob the individuals inside the truck pulling a boat. Police say the suspects fired towards the truck and the truck driver fired back and then began chasing the suspects.

Four people were inside the white car and three of those people were shot. One person died and the two others are in a hospital undergoing surgery.

Authorities say they found weapons inside the car. Police say they have talked to the intended robbery victim. The case will likely be sent to a grand jury to determine if any charges will be filed against the truck driver.