{"id":903527,"date":"2026-11-02T19:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T19:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903527\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T19:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T19:10:11","slug":"two-people-shot-at-halloween-block-party-in-west-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903527\/","title":{"rendered":"Two people shot at Halloween block party in west Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Two people were injured, one critically, after a shooting involving two groups Saturday night along Richmond Avenue, according to the Houston Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">According to Lt. Horelica, officers received multiple calls around 10:40 p.m. reporting a shooting in the 9200 block of Richmond Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Officers with HPD\u2019s Midwest Patrol Division responded and began investigating the area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">A few minutes later, two separate vehicles arrived at a nearby hospital, each carrying a person who had been shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Preliminary information indicates the two victims may have been caught in the crossfire of a gunfight between two different groups, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">One victim is listed in stable condition. The second victim is in critical condition and was transported to the hospital by medical helicopter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Two witnesses who spoke with KPRC 2 said a block party was taking place in the area when the gunfire erupted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">One witness estimated about 100 people were at the gathering and said people began running when two men started shooting at each other. One witness was also seen wearing what appeared to be a Halloween mask.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Police have not released descriptions of the suspects or the two groups believed to have been involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information about the shooting is encouraged to contact the Houston Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/kprc_breaking.webp\" width=\"234\" height=\"50\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf eUxjKG\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people were injured, one critically, after a shooting involving two groups Saturday night along Richmond Avenue, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,214039,167570,3,2079,452,453],"class_list":["post-903527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-houston-police","tag-hpd","tag-news","tag-shooting","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}