{"id":508014,"date":"2026-01-11T07:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508014\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T07:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:33:33","slug":"1-killed-another-hurt-following-shooting-outside-playground-bar-near-mcgowen-metrorail-station-in-midtown-hpd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508014\/","title":{"rendered":"1 killed, another hurt following shooting outside Playground bar near McGowen METRORail station in Midtown, HPD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brianna Willis Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16217723_Brianna-Willis-bio-160x200.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, January 10, 2026 4:11PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC13 Houston 24\/7 Live Stream\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A homeless man was killed and a security guard was injured in a shooting outside a bar near a METRORail station in Midtown, according to the Houston Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said officers responded to a call Friday night in the 2400 block of Main Street, outside Playground Bar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Photos from the scene showed officers investigating on the nearby McGowen METRORail station platform after the shooting.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Houston Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that took place outside a bar on Friday night and sent officers to the nearby McGowen METRORail station in Midtown.\" 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\/18382698_011026-ktrk-midtown-main-st-fatal-shooting-img.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Houston Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that took place outside a bar on Friday night and sent officers to the nearby McGowen METRORail station in Midtown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">When officers arrived, they said the Houston Fire Department was already there, treating a victim with multiple gunshot wounds. That person was later pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Lt. Khan said another man with gunshot wounds was critically injured and rushed to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">HPD told Eyewitness News on Friday that the man who died was believed to be homeless, and the injured man worked as a security guard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Lt. Khan said the investigation is ongoing and asked anyone with information to contact the police.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, January 10, 2026 4:11PM HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A homeless man was killed and a security guard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":508015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[227340,4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-508014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-227340","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115875309634952911","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508014","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=508014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}