{"id":156961,"date":"2026-02-09T14:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/156961\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:32:12","slug":"teen-shot-killed-outside-former-greenspoint-mall-during-overnight-car-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/156961\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen shot, killed outside former Greenspoint Mall during overnight car meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/m94h9izaofxsdlc5.jpg\" alt=\"Teen killed in car meet shooting outside abandoned Houston mall\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; A teenage boy was killed in a shooting during a car meet outside of what used to be Houston&#8217;s Greenspoint Mall.<\/p>\n<p>   Teen killed outside Greenspoint Mall <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">At about 1 a.m. Monday, police were called to the parking lot of old Greenspoint Mall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/200+Greens+Rd,+Houston,+TX+77060\/@29.9501071,-95.4199915,16z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x8640c98bfb6d47e3:0xc1bcc6e722d3f36f!8m2!3d29.9501071!4d-95.4199915!16s%2Fg%2F11bw42j1t8?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIwNC4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA2N0gBUAM%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">near I-45 and Greens Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">When they arrived, police say they found an unsanctioned car meet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">A shooting happened at some point during the meet-up, striking a boy in his late teens. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Police say cars riddled with bullet holes were left behind in the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/greenspoint-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">No one involved has been identified at this time.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">There is no suspect description available at this time.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Police are turning to the public, including anyone who attended the car meet, for any information.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Tipsters can do one of the following:<\/p>\n<p> Call HPD Homicide at 713-308-3600Send an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477) <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">&#8220;We need the information of anybody. We need witnesses to come forward and call us and let us know exactly what transpired tonight,&#8221; said HPD Lieutenant JP Horelica.<\/p>\n<p>  Weekly car meets <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">According to Lt. Horelica, unauthorized car meets happen at the old Greenspoint Mall parking lot on a weekly basis. Officers tend to get called to clear out the event.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">&#8220;Constantly, on Sundays, the North Belt Patrol gets dispatched to the parking lot regarding these car meetups and reckless driving,&#8221; said the lieutenant. &#8220;[Officers] come out here regularly on Sunday and run everybody off and end up making arrests when they can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Lt. Horelica also said there have been incidents of people shooting guns in the air in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: OnScene and Houston Police.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\/greenspoint\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greenspoint<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; A teenage boy was killed in a shooting during a car meet outside of what used&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,9167,56,58,57,223,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-156961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-greenspoint","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}