{"id":466386,"date":"2026-10-15T03:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T03:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/466386\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T03:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T03:20:11","slug":"stolen-vehicle-chase-ends-in-crash-near-death-investigation-scene-in-west-university-place-area-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/466386\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen vehicle chase ends in crash near death investigation scene in West University Place area, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A police chase in West University Place ended in a crash in front of the iconic Cleburne Cafeteria, all while a separate death investigation was taking place only a block away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Houston Police Department first reported that a death investigation was underway at the apartment complex at 5151 Edloe Street on Wednesday afternoon. HPD later confirmed that the death was determined to be natural.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Around the same time, the Bellaire Police Department said it was setting up a perimeter in the same area, searching for a suspect in a stolen-vehicle burglary investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In an update, the West University Place Police Department told ABC13 that its officers were attempting to stop a suspect in a stolen vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to West U PD, the pursuit ended when the suspect crashed at the intersection of Bissonnet Street and Mercer Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Two suspects fled on foot in opposite directions, and officers were actively searching the area for both, according to WUPD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">For the latest breaking news, weather, and traffic, ABC13 is now live on Disney+. Always on, always under the live tab on Disney+ and everywhere you stream.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A police chase in West University Place ended in a crash in front of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[158791,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-466386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-158791","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466386","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=466386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}