Houston Man Goes To Kirby’s Ice House. Then He Gets To The Parking Lot, Looks For His GMC Truck

A Houston man exited his company holiday party at Kirby’s Ice House to find his GMC Sierra Denali missing. When he saw it again, it was a shell of its former glory.

TikTok creator Bobby Ledford (@bobby.ledford01) posted a video about his holiday misfortune in a video on Nov. 13. The video starts with a photo of his shiny GMC Denali truck.

The on-screen text reads, “Last Thursday, I was at Kirby’s Icehouse off 610 and 290 for our company’s end-of-year celebration. I left around 6 p.m. and walked out to find my truck gone. It had been stolen. HPD called last night and said they found it. Unfortunately, it’s destroyed.”

The video cuts to a photo of the truck’s front end and then a video of Ledford driving before the incident. The next photos are of the truck when it was recovered. It is just wheels and a chassis at this point. Every other component of the vehicle is gone.

Viewers React To The State Of Houston Man’s Stolen GMC Denali

In the comments section, viewers commiserated with Ledford’s situation, and others speculated about the thieves’ behind-the-scenes process.

“If you have a truck, you NEED an alarm and kill switch in Houston,” one viewer wrote.

A second person said, “Gawww dang! Down to the bone like them chicken wings.” Someone else agreed, “A boneless Denali!”

Another person speculated, “Whoever stole it still has all the parts. They’re gonna wait for insurance to sell it through auction, buy it for super cheap, put it back together, and then sell it whole with rebuilt title. Big problem in Houston right now.”

The State Of Auto Theft In Houston

According to a November report from the Texas Department of Public Safety, the city’s auto theft problem is the worst in the state. And pickup trucks are one of the highest value targets, especially Chevrolet, GMC, Hyundai, and Ford.

In August, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it had intercepted 32 stolen vehicles associated with a ring operating in the Area Port of Houston/Galveston since October 2024. The vehicles were allegedly being exported to countries in the Middle East, West Africa, Central America, and South America. Yet again, pickup trucks are named in the bulletin as a prime target.

Click2Houston reported that police recovered six stolen vehicles in a “chop shop” investigation in the Houston suburb of Baytown a week before Christmas. And guess what else they found? “Various parts from another stolen GMC Sierra pickup truck.”

RBFCR Insurance recommends first starting by taking the obvious precautions of locking all doors and closing the windows before leaving a vehicle unattended. Don’t leave any visible keys or fobs inside the vehicle, because that can attract thieves looking for an easy target.

The agency also recommends parking in well-lit areas and removing all valuables from the vehicle when it is unattended. Finally, you can install an alarm system or other anti-theft devices, such as steering-wheel locks, that can make your vehicle a harder target.

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Patch contacted Ledford via TikTok comment and direct message for comment.