HPD: Suspect fleeing police climbs onto roof of west Houston home

HPD: Suspect fleeing police climbs onto roof of west Houston home (KPRC 2)

A man is in custody Friday morning after climbing onto the roof of a west Houston home while fleeing the police, according to the Houston Police Department

Around 3:15 a.m. Friday, officers were dispatched to a burglar alarm at a home in the 9300 block of Shady Lane Circle. The residents at the home reported that their alarm was set off and someone was inside their pool house.

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Arriving officers found damage to the rear structure on the property, and additional officers began searching the gated community for a suspect. During the search, officers heard the suspect yelling at someone and located him on the driveway of a home on a block nearby. According to the Houston Police Department, the suspect climbed onto a roof of a home and refused to come down for over 20 minutes. The suspect ultimately came down after firefighters brought him a ladder.

Once off the roof, the suspect was taken into custody, according to the Houston Police Department.


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Briana Zamora-Nipper joined the KPRC 2 digital team in 2019. When she’s not hard at work in the KPRC 2 newsroom, you can find Bri drinking away her hard earned wages at JuiceLand, running around Hermann Park, listening to crime podcasts or ransacking the magazine stand at Barnes & Noble.