6 Houston Shootings Results In 2 Fatalities Over The Weekend

HOUSTON, TX — Houston police had a rather busy weekend with a rash of shootings all over town. HPD reported six shootings with at least two fatalities. There were also two shootings that involved officers.

HPD also gave updates on two shootings from previous weekends. Anyone with information on any of these cases is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-222-TIPS or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS

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1. The first shooting incident last weekend happened Friday around 4:05 p.m. at 10333 Richmond Avenue.

The suspect, Jackson Lee Miles, a 56-year-old black male, was observed to be wandering through the ninth floor of the Community Bank. When he noticed he was being watched, he went to the corporate offices of “Lupe Tortillas,” on the second floor of the building. Once there, an employee confronted him after catching him going through her purse. Miles then immediately left the building.

The employee notified a building security guard of the attempted theft. The security guard searched outside the building for the suspect and found a Harris County Precinct 1 deputy constable, who was preparing to work an extra job directing traffic, and notified him of the incident.

About 10 minutes later, the deputy saw the suspect walk to a red pickup truck parked in the building parking lot. The Precinct 1 deputy constable, along with a Harris County Precinct 7 deputy constable, approached the suspect. The suspect got into the pickup truck and attempted to flee, however he was prevented from leaving by the deputy constables. The suspect then reversed the pickup truck at a high rate of speed and then drove toward a second parking lot exit. Deputies again attempted to prevent him from leaving. As the suspect drove toward the deputies, the Precinct 1 deputy constable, fearing for his safety, discharged his duty weapon more than once toward the suspect, but did not strike him.

The suspect then crashed his vehicle and fled on foot. Both deputies pursued him on foot behind the back of the building and took him into custody. There were no injuries in this incident.

A semi-automatic pistol was recovered from the suspect’s vehicle. Miles is charged with felon in possession of a firearm and felony evading in a motor vehicle in the 232nd State District Court.

The deputy involved in this incident was not injured. As is customary when a law enforcement officer discharges his weapon at a suspect within the Houston city limits, this case is being investigated by the HPD Special Investigations Unit.

2. The shooting of victim Levi Davis happened at 2111 Fannin Street about 10:20 p.m. on Friday. Davis was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening wounds.

HPD Major Assaults Unit Officers M. Barrow and R. Montalvo reported Davis and two other unknown males were standing on the sidewalk near the parking lot of a gas station when he was shot multiple times by an unknown suspect from inside a passing vehicle. Witnesses described the suspect's vehicle either a silver Mercury sedan or a black Nissan sedan.

3. The first shooting fatality happened 10 minutes later around 10:30 p.m. at 9437 Merle Street on Friday.

The victim, 30, was transported to Ben Taub General Hospital where he was pronounced dead. His identity is pending notification to family members by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

HPD Homicide Division Sergeant J. Dominguez and Officer B. Roberts reported that the victim was involved in an altercation with his neighbor over a vehicle parked in the street. A short time after the altercation, the victim was shot by an unknown black male who fled the scene in a grey four-door sedan.

4. The second fatality of the weekend happened in the late Saturday night/early Sunday morning time frame (about 5 a.m.) at 9275 Richmond Avenue. The victim, Alberth Sinisterr-Villegas, 26, of Houston, was transported to West Houston Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased.

HPD Homicide Division Officers C. Hogue and T. Miller reported that Sinisterr-Villegas was inside an after-hours night club at the above address when he was shot. He was then transported by an unknown person to the hospital. At this time, there is no known motive nor suspect(s).

5. A man and a woman were both shot at 11700 Alief Clodine about 6:45 p.m. on Sunday. The victims, Steve Polito, 24, and Linda Madrigal, 20, both of Houston, were transported to an area hospital in stable condition.

HPD Major Assault Unit Officers D. Williamson and D. Nabors reported that Polito and Madrigal were in their vehicle near the above address when two unknown male suspects approached the passenger side. Both suspects fired multiple shots, striking both victims. Polito and Madrigal fled the scene in their vehicle and were later transported by Houston Fire Department paramedics to the hospital.

6. The last reported shooting of the weekend came around 9:30 p.m. Sunday when an unidentified black male was involved in a disturbance at a restaurant at 2700 South Loop West (South Interstate Highway 610 West). During the incident, he began destroying several items inside the business and stated he would return with a gun. He then left the scene.

HPD Special Investigations Unit Sergeant H. Ruiz and Officers R. Gonzalez and N. Krupa reported that after a short time later, responding officers and civilians heard gunshots being fired toward the business from a vehicle on the South Loop service road. One gunshot struck a marked HPD patrol vehicle parked in front of the business. The vehicle was occupied by an HPD officer who was not struck. A second officer had just exited the vehicle to respond to the scene.

The officers were not hurt in this incident. The suspect vehicle is believed to be a white or silver Dodge Durango SUV with paper license plates.

Updates from 2 previous fatal shootings

1. Houston police have learned the identity of a man fatally shot at 6800 Westbranch Drive about 3 a.m. on September 18. The victim, Dominique McLaughlin, 26, of Houston, was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

A second victim, Olivia Sael Robertson-Chandler, 26, of Los Angeles, also suffered a gunshot wound. She was transported to an area hospital where she was treated and released.

HPD Homicide Division Sergeant A. Turner and J. Nguyen reported that both victims were inside a parked vehicle at the above address waiting to meet someone when they were shot. McLaughlin drove southbound toward Bellaire Boulevard before collapsing. Robertson-Chandler then jumped into the driver’s seat and drove to the 6700 block of Highway 6 South where she found help and contacted police.

At this time, there are no known witnesses nor suspects in this case.

2. A suspect charged and wanted in the fatal shooting of Leticia Greer, 38, at 2800 Stallings about 11:35 p.m. on September 19 is now in custody. The suspect, Marion Charles Goodall, a 34-year-old black man, is charged with murder in the 185th State District Court for his role in the killing.

According to witnesses, Greer got into a disturbance with a male suspect. At some point, she was fatally shot. The suspect was described only as a black male wearing a black hoodie. Investigators believe the suspect and another black male left the scene in a gray Dodge truck.

Further investigation identified Goodall as the suspect in this case and, on Friday (Sept. 22), he turned himself in without incident to Homicide Division detectives at HPD Headquarters at 1200 Travis.

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