{"id":378043,"date":"2026-07-18T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/378043\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:06:09","slug":"minor-shot-during-gathering-near-houstons-discovery-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/378043\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor shot during gathering near Houston&#8217;s Discovery Green"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; A minor was sent to a hospital Friday night after he was shot during a fight in Downtown Houston.<\/p>\n<p>   Houston crime: Minor shot near Discovery Green <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The shooting was reported just before 10 p.m. Friday on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Leeland+St+%26+Austin+St,+Houston,+TX+77002\/@29.7504139,-95.3676238,16z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x8640bf3d78fd1d6d:0x399be2e41e488428!8m2!3d29.7504139!4d-95.3650489!16s%2Fg%2F11hb7wymmj?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcxNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Austin and Leeland Streets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to a lieutenant at the scene, there was a group of about 100 minors near Discovery Green at the time. Undercover officers were reportedly there for crowd control.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/discovery.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">During the gathering, a fight broke out between a group of men. Someone in the group pulled out a gun and opened fire, causing the crowd to scatter.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A minor who wasn&#8217;t involved in the fight was shot in the armpit. The minor was sent to a hospital and is expected to recover.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">There is no suspect in custody as of this report.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police believe this was an isolated incident, and there is no threat to the public.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">There is no suspect description at this time.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">There are no details about the gathering that was being held at the time, but officials say the event was not a teen takeover.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone who has information about this shooting can call one of the following agencies:<\/p>\n<p> HPD Major Assaults Division: 713-308-8800Crime Stoppers: 713-222-TIPS (8477) <\/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-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\/downtown\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; A minor was sent to a hospital Friday night after he was shot during a fight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,993,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-378043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-downtown","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\/378043","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=378043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}