{"id":480320,"date":"2026-10-29T12:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T12:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480320\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T12:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T12:12:28","slug":"man-runs-to-security-guard-in-building-off-waugh-drive-after-saying-he-was-shot-at-nearby-park-houston-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480320\/","title":{"rendered":"Man runs to security guard in building off Waugh Drive after saying he was shot at nearby park, Houston police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A shooting is being investigated near the Memorial Park area after a man was injured on Tuesday night, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Houston Police Department said that at about 10:30 p.m., officers responded to 55 Waugh Drive, where the victim went to a security guard for help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Our security guard in this building is the one who called us. He stated that he saw the male running from this direction over here on the other side of the building, ran up here, ran inside the building, and said he needed help &#8212; said he was shot,&#8221; HPD Lt. R. Willkens said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Willkens said the 31-year-old man was shot to the side near his lower rib cage. First responders arrived and took him to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;The only thing (the shooting victim) could tell us is that he was at a park. Now, there are several parks in that direction. So, we&#8217;re canvassing the area, trying to see if we can find a crime scene,&#8221; the lieutenant added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The victim reportedly told police he didn&#8217;t see the shooting or know why they shot him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Willkens said the victim appears to be OK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Anyone with information can contact HPD Major Assaults at 713-308-8800.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A shooting is being investigated near the Memorial Park area after a man was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[161949,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-480320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-161949","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480320","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=480320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}