{"id":493610,"date":"2026-01-05T07:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/493610\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:49:09","slug":"eastex-freeway-northbound-at-little-york-shut-down-following-chase-sheriffs-office-says-to-avoid-the-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/493610\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastex Freeway northbound at Little York shut down following chase; sheriff&#8217;s office says to avoid the area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, deputies are trying to detain a felony suspect.<\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON \u2014 All main lanes on a stretch of the Eastex Freeway are shut down following a police chase.<\/p>\n<p>The shutdown is in the northbound lanes near Little York. According to the Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office, deputies are trying to detain a felony suspect. \u00a0From a Houston TranStar camera, we could see a large law enforcement presence on the freeway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At this point, we don\u2019t know what the suspect is accused of doing. The sheriff&#8217;s office is telling people to avoid the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. \u00a0We\u2019ll continue to follow it and provide updates on KHOU.com and on KHOU 11 Morning News beginning at 5 a.m.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"548\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All lanes of Eastex Fwy (US 59) at Little York are shut down while deputies attempt to detain a felony suspect following a vehicle pursuit. Please avoid the area. Media staging area will be in the Home Depot parking lot. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vb50mQU1Id\">pic.twitter.com\/vb50mQU1Id<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HCSOTexas (@HCSOTexas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HCSOTexas\/status\/2008047967295738151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Got a news tip or story idea? Email us at\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/chase-eastex-freeway-houston\/mailto:newstips@khou.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>newstips@khou.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0or call 713-521-4310 and include your name and the best way to reach you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, deputies are trying to detain a felony suspect. HOUSTON \u2014 All&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":493611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-493610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115841402356029936","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493610","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=493610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}