{"id":378221,"date":"2026-07-18T22:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/378221\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T22:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:15:14","slug":"minor-shot-during-gathering-near-houstons-discovery-green-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/378221\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor shot during gathering near Houston’s Discovery Green"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

Police say about 100 minors were gathered Friday night when a fight broke out between a group of men.<\/p>\n

A gun was pulled during the fight, causing the crowd to disperse and an innocent minor to be shot.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information can contact Houston Police or Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n

HOUSTON – A minor was sent to a hospital Friday night after he was shot during a fight in Downtown Houston.<\/p>\n

Houston crime: Minor shot near Discovery Green<\/p>\n

What we know<\/p>\n

The shooting was reported just before 10 p.m. Friday on Austin and Leeland Streets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

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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

A minor who wasn’t involved in the fight was shot in the armpit. The minor was sent to a hospital and is expected to recover.<\/p>\n

There is no suspect in custody as of this report.<\/p>\n

Police believe this was an isolated incident, and there is no threat to the public.<\/p>\n

What we don’t know<\/p>\n

There is no suspect description at this time.<\/p>\n

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

What you can do<\/p>\n

Anyone who has information about this shooting can call one of the following agencies:<\/p>\n

HPD Major Assaults Division: 713-308-8800<\/p>\n

Crime Stoppers: 713-222-TIPS (8477)<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

OnScene and Houston Police<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Police say about 100 minors were gathered Friday night when a fight broke out between a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4223,4903,4904,56,58,57,8063],"class_list":["post-378221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime-stoppers","tag-discovery-green","tag-downtown-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378221","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=378221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}