{"id":503557,"date":"2026-01-09T10:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503557\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:57:26","slug":"2-suspects-linked-to-bus-shooting-that-killed-a-woman-in-west-houston-taken-into-custody-and-charged-metro-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503557\/","title":{"rendered":"2 suspects linked to bus shooting that killed a woman in west Houston taken into custody and charged, METRO says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Two suspects linked to the deadly shooting of a woman on a METRO bus have been taken into custody and charged, METRO said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">METRO told ABC13 that the person who fired first and caused the fatal injury has been charged with murder. They also said the second person, who allegedly fired back and injured another passenger, is charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A source confirmed the second suspect is 18-year-old Patrick Scott. Court records show he was out on bond for aggravated robbery at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Earlier on Thursday, the Houston Police Department released surveillance photos captured by METRO bus cameras showing two suspects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">By late afternoon, sources close to the investigation confirmed that the two suspects in the photos are now in custody. Records show they were arrested just after 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Family identified Caitlin Stup as the woman killed in a METRO bus shooting in west Houston. They said she was on her way to work; police described her as an innocent bystander.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/18374907_VICTIM-PIC-MSH-Caitlin-Stup-richmond-metro-bus-shooting.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Family identified Caitlin Stup as the woman killed in a METRO bus shooting in west Houston. They said she was on her way to work; police described her as an innocent bystander.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Family members identified the woman who was killed as Caitlin Stup, 25. They said she was riding the bus to get to her job at a restaurant when the shooting happened. Authorities described Stup as an innocent bystander.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">HPD said the shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday at 10800 Richmond Avenue. The Houston Fire Department said she was rushed to the hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials also said a 16-year-old boy was injured by gunfire during the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">PREVIOUS REPORT: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/woman-severely-injured-being-shot-2-men-riding-bus-metro\/18368649\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woman dead, 1 injured after being shot by a man while riding METRO bus in west Houston, police say<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police first said there was one suspect in the case, but later clarified there were two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">&#8220;This was a tragic and senseless act of violence, and our thoughts remain with everyone affected by this devastating incident,&#8221; the METRO statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Two suspects linked to the deadly shooting of a woman on a METRO bus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":503558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[225755,4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-503557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-225755","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115864787020792704","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503557","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=503557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}