{"id":1047789,"date":"2026-09-06T23:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1047789\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:36:19","slug":"houston-police-seek-suspect-in-reported-armed-shoplifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1047789\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston police seek suspect in reported armed shoplifting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 Detectives are asking for help identifying a man accused stealing items from a store in downtown Houston then threatening a security guard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Police say it happened around 3:15 p.m. on July 22 on Elgin Street near Fannin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">According to police, the security guard saw the suspect concealing several items and was trying to leave without paying. When then security guard confronted him, the suspect allegedly said he had a gun, pushed the guard out of the way, then left with the unpaid merchandise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Houston directly at 713-222-TIPS (8477), online at crime-stoppers.org, or through the Crime Stoppers mobile app. Tipsters may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward of up to $5,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorMike Akin headshot<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  style=\"object-fit:cover;max-width:86px;max-height:86px;aspect-ratio:1;width:100%\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NB4ELLPCYVHNLBJPGKKYAHONDA.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/makin@kprc.com\/\" title=\"View Mike Akin&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Akin<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Mike Akin was born in Houston and likes to refer to himself in the third person.  Mike Akin has worked at KPRC since 2019.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Detectives are asking for help identifying a man accused stealing items from a store in downtown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1047790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[1126,14684,4345,14259,10883,7238,358,80031,3187],"class_list":["post-1047789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime-stoppers","tag-elgin","tag-houston","tag-hpd","tag-shoplifting","tag-suspect","tag-texas","tag-threatened","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117226727800693806","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047789","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=1047789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1047790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}