{"id":101880,"date":"2025-07-29T10:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/101880\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:57:09","slug":"property-owner-shoots-2-alleged-copper-wire-thieves-in-north-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/101880\/","title":{"rendered":"Property owner shoots 2 alleged copper wire thieves in north Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 Two alleged thieves were sent to the hospital after a property owner shot them during a confrontation in north Houston, where they were trying to steal copper wire. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Details are limited, as it\u2019s an active investigation, but the Houston Police Department said they got a call just before 4:30 a.m. for a shooting on E. Burress Street near the North Freeway. <\/p>\n<p>Property owner shoots 2 alleged thieves trying to steal copper wire in north Houston (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Preliminary information on the shooting is that two men were trying to steal copper wire when the property owner caught them in the act. Wielding a shotgun, investigators said, during the confrontation, the property owner fired at them, hitting one of them in the face. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Both of the suspected burglars were taken to local trauma centers. Officers combed through the area and couldn\u2019t find any additional suspects. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">No additional information has been shared, as of this writing, but an investigation remains underway. <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Stay on top of breaking news as it happens by signing up for our alerts<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Two alleged thieves were sent to the hospital after a property owner shot them during a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":101881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[35786,66273,4219,4345,101,358,66274,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-101880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-burglary","9":"tag-copper-wire","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-shooting","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-thefts","15":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114936168007107802","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}