{"id":237617,"date":"2026-04-06T20:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/237617\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T20:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:15:11","slug":"3-suspects-in-custody-after-robbery-spree-leads-to-police-pursuit-along-houston-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/237617\/","title":{"rendered":"3 suspects in custody after robbery spree leads to police pursuit along Houston highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 A police pursuit that began after a reported bank robbery in northwest Houston ended in a crash near Almeda Road and Wichita Street late Monday morning, with three suspects now in custody and multiple scenes under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to a police source, the incident began around 11:30 a.m. when the three men allegedly robbed a bank located inside a Kroger grocery store on Ella Boulevard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The suspects then traveled to a Walmart near Highway 290 at Tidwell Road and Hollister Road, where a second robbery was reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Houston police officers were able to identify the suspect vehicle\u2014a black Chrysler 300\u2014and initiated a pursuit following the Walmart incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The chase continued onto Highway 59 before coming to an end near Almeda Road and Wichita Street, where the Crysler slammed into a tree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">After the crash, authorities said he suspects took off on foot and attempted to carjack a woman near the intersection of Wichita Street and Southmore Boulevard. The attempt was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The three suspects were taken into custody at the scene. One suspect reportedly locked himself in a public bathroom before being found by police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A short time after the arrest, our Sky2 Chopper captured one of the detained suspects being moved from an HPD SUV onto a stretcher, before being led to an ambulance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The extent of the suspect\u2019s possible injuries is not clear, but HPD said it resulted from the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At this time, officials have not confirmed whether any shots were fired during the incidents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The investigation remains ongoing as authorities work to determine the full sequence of events.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 A police pursuit that began after a reported bank robbery in northwest Houston ended in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[7570,2239,11851,68223,294,56,58,57,66,5298,5299,1138],"class_list":{"0":"post-237617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-aggravated-robbery","9":"tag-armed-robbery","10":"tag-bank-robbery","11":"tag-car-chase","12":"tag-crime","13":"tag-houston","14":"tag-houston-headlines","15":"tag-houston-news","16":"tag-local","17":"tag-police-chase","18":"tag-police-pursuit","19":"tag-robbery"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237617","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=237617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}