{"id":271268,"date":"2026-04-29T12:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/271268\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:04:14","slug":"french-bulldog-stolen-at-gunpoint-during-walk-in-houston-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/271268\/","title":{"rendered":"French bulldog stolen at gunpoint during walk in Houston neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nqicad4u75n9vb2i.jpg\" alt=\"Dog stolen at gunpoint in Houston\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/video\/fmc-qey6ly9kz5uswtlv\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dog stolen at gunpoint in Houston<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">A French Bulldog is stolen at gunpoint from two teenagers while walking the dog on the northeast side. FOX 26&#8217;s Randy Wallace has more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; A Houston-area family is pleading for help after an armed suspect allegedly stole their French Bulldog, Nova, during a morning walk last Friday, a brazen incident that has shaken the neighborhood and left children who relied on the dog for emotional support heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">It happened last Friday morning near the teen&#8217;s home on Woodlyn at Denton.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;Nova is our French Bulldog,&#8221; said the teens&#8217; mother, Nora Boesem. &#8220;She was given to our kids, who are all special needs youth, as their companion animal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vlcsnap-2026-04-28-20h12m14s264.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">She&#8217;s more than just a dog, Nora said Nova provides emotional support for her kids.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Jeremy Boesem says while he and Marcus Hollowhora were walking Nova and their other French Bulldog, Star, a white vehicle pulled up.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The passenger opened the door, pointed a gun at them ,and scooped up Nova.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;My son calls me and tells me, \u2018dad, they just took Nova.\u2019 So, I panicked, you don&#8217;t want anything to happen to your kids,&#8221; said the teen&#8217;s dad, Kendrick Stewart.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The police were called and HPD is investigating.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;Watch your children, especially when they are walking their dogs,&#8221; said Kendrick.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The family is desperate to get Nova back.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Anyone with information is urged to call police or Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: FOX 26&#8217;s Randy Wallace spoke with the dog owner&#8217;s family about what happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dog stolen at gunpoint in Houston A French Bulldog is stolen at gunpoint from two teenagers while walking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-271268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271268","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=271268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}