{"id":40079,"date":"2025-03-24T01:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T06:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=40079"},"modified":"2025-03-24T02:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T07:24:29","slug":"6-hurt-4-critically-in-shooting-at-illegal-houston-after-hours-club-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=40079","title":{"rendered":"6 hurt, 4 critically, in shooting at illegal Houston after-hours club: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Six people were wounded, four critically, when gunfire erupted<\/a> early Sunday at a Houston nightclub that police allege was operating as an illegal after-hours bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooting unfolded outside Latinas Sports Bar in a strip mall, Houston Police Department Assistant Chief James Skelton said during a news conference in front of the establishment, which was cordoned off with police tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The establishment behind me is a true after-hours club, something we are trying to target in this city,” Skelton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said a police dispatcher received a 911 call at about 3 a.m. local time of multiple people shot at the southwest Houston bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon arrival, officers and firefighters from the Houston Fire Department found three victims, all adult men suffering from gunshot wounds, who were taken to local hospitals, Skelton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said three other victims showed up at hospitals in private vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Currently, we have four individuals that are critical,” Skelton said, adding the victims were all undergoing surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skelton said no arrests have been made and a motive for the shooting is under investigation by the police department’s major assaults investigators.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators combing through surveillance video found footage capturing two men Skelton described as “suspects” fleeing the scene in a black Toyota Camry or Corolla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skelton said the suspects have yet to be identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The names of the victims were not released.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skelton said the shooting came during a crackdown on illegal after-hours clubs following several shootings that have broken out at such establishments operating in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Establishments like this that harbor within our city can contribute to crime,” Skelton said. “We are targeting these locations and we’re going to shut them down.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skelton said investigators are reviewing Latinas Sports Bar’s licenses and permits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They may have a license of some type. I don’t have that information,” Skelton said. “However, they are serving alcohol after 2 o’clock in the morning, which is against the law.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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