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GOOD AFTERNOON.UM, ON MONDAY, UH, THE MAYOR AND I AND OUR HOMICIDE SIT IN FRONT OF YOU AND ASKED FOR, UH, AND DELIVERED SOME REALLY TRAGIC NEWS, UH, OF, UH, A LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS TRAGICALLY MURDERED.
UM, AND WE ASKED FOR YOUR HELP.
HER NAME WAS, UH, JOCELYN NUNER, AND SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD.
WE STARTED TO WORK AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK SINCE THAT TIME, TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER AND WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE AND TO GET THEM OFF THE STREET.
AND I WANNA THANK OUR HOMICIDE TEAM, OUR NORTH BELT CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAMS, OUR GANG DIVISION, OUR SWAT TEAM, AND METRO PD WHO ALL CAME TOGETHER AS WE LOOKED FOR THIS, FOR THE GUYS THAT DID THIS, THE SUSPECTS IN THIS HORRIBLE MURDER.
UM, AND WE WERE ALL OUT THERE.
IN FACT, THE MAYOR WAS WITH ME ON TUESDAY NIGHT LATE AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH AND, AND LOOKING TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND ANYTHING ELSE.
AND THE TEAMS WERE OUT THERE AND THEY WERE SCOURING EVERY POTENTIAL VIDEO FEED, AND THEY WERE TALKING TO EVERYBODY POSSIBLE THAT MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOMETHING OR HEARD SOMETHING, AND THEIR HARD WORK PAID OFF BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO FIND VIDEO AND GET TRACE THE MOVEMENTS OF OUR SUSPECTS AND OUR OUR OF, OF JOCELYN, AND ALL THE WAY TO THE POINT OF WHERE SHE WAS MURDERED AND LEFT IN A BAYOU IN THE WATER.
SO THAT'S THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID.
WE ASKED FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP, AND THE PUBLIC CAME THROUGH TOO.
PEOPLE STEPPED UP, PEOPLE CALLED, AND WE ARE STILL ASKING FOR MORE HELP FROM THE PUBLIC, FOR ANYBODY THAT MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOMETHING OR MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING, HOWEVER SMALL TO REACH OUT TO US.
AND I'LL HAVE HOMICIDE GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS.
LIEUTENANT HOPE WILL GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS ON WHO TO CALL FOR THAT YOU CAN EVEN CALL ANONYMOUSLY, BUT WE REALLY NEED ALL THE HELP FROM ALL THE PUBLIC AND HOW, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE VERY BEST SOLID CASE SO THESE INDIVIDUALS DO NOT GET RELEASED BACK INTO THE FIELD, BACK INTO THE PUBLIC WHERE THEY COULD HURT OTHER PEOPLE.
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, I TALKED TO MS. MANGAR, ELE JOCELYN'S MOTHER ALEXIS, AND SHE'S BEING VERY BRAVE, BUT SHE IS STILL DEVASTATED.
HER LITTLE GIRL'S GONE AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, HOW TO TAKE CARE OF HER AND, AND TO, UM, ARRANGE, ARRANGE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS AND THEN, AND TRY TO HEAL FOR SOMETHING YOU REALLY CAN'T HEAL FROM.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE WE ALL, MANY OF US HAVE KIDS AND CANNOT IMAGINE THE PAIN THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.
SO I ASK YOU TO STILL PRAY FOR THEM IMMENSELY.
UM, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A REALLY TRYING TIME.
AND, UH, AS HOUSTONIANS AND THIS PUBLIC, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE FANTASTIC PEOPLE HERE.
KEEP PRAYING FOR THE, THE NARY FAMILY.
I WANNA TURN IT OVER TO THE MAYOR TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THAT, WE'LL HAVE LIEUTENANT HOPE TO GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ON THE INVESTIGATION AND HOW IT'S PLAYED OUT THUS FAR, THE THINGS THAT WE CAN SHARE.
BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE STILL THINGS WE CANNOT SHARE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE INVESTIGATION.
I KNOW YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, DELIVER THIS IN SPANISH, UH, WITH COMMANDER GARCIA, WHO WILL, WHO WILL OFFER COMMENTS IN SPANISH.
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THERE.
SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, THANK YOU, CHIEF.
I'M HERE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS CASE AND MY PERSONAL INTEREST AS THE MAYOR, AS A GRANDFATHER AND A FATHER, IT DOESN'T GET ANY WORSE.
I'M HERE PRIMARILY THOUGH, TO EMPHASIZE THREE POINTS, OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY.
WHEN I SPOKE TO MR. ENG ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, SHE WAS AT THE FUNERAL HOME.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND ALSO TO LET THEM KNOW THAT ALL OF HOUSTON, ALL THE INVESTIGATORS, THEIR NEIGHBORS, THE RETAIL MERCHANTS IN THE AREA, EVERYONE THAT CAME FORWARD WITH INFORMATION, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, I WAS THERE A NIGHT BEFORE LAST, THIS NORTH BELT CRIME SUPPRESSION GROUP, YOU DON'T WANNA MESS WITH 'EM.
THEY WERE OUT ON THE STREETS GOING UP AND DOWN EVERY STREET AND EVERY DIRECTION FROM THE INCIDENT AND THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
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WORK AROUND THE CLOCK ALL NIGHT LONG.I'VE SEEN SWAT SHOW UP TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY WERE APPREHENDED PROPERLY.
SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THE CONDOLENCE.
THE FAMILY, AS THE CHIEF SAID, IS DEVASTATED.
IF YOU HAD JUST PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR PLACE, THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN.
THEY HAVE VERY LIMITED RESOURCES, BUT THEY'RE STRONG, THEY'RE BRAVE.
THE MOTHER JUST WANTS TO SEE HER BABY HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO EXAMINE THE BODY DUE TO THE INVESTIGATION, BUT SHE'S MAKING ARRANGEMENTS AS WE TALK.
NUMBER TWO, AND I JUST TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY, BUT I WANT TO EXPOUND ON IT.
I WANT HOUSTONIANS TO KNOW, BE PROUD AND EXCITED ABOUT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE MEN AND WOMEN GO TO WORK, THEY HAVE FAMILIES, BUT THEY ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR WORK, SO PROFESSIONAL.
AND IT DOES AGGRAVATE ME WHEN SOME SOURCES SAY, WE'VE GOTTA RESTORE OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE POLICE.
I'M SHARING IT WITH HOUSTONIANS, ALL THE RESOURCES NECESSARY, COLLABORATION, THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
AND WE ARE SEEING THE RESULT OF THIS HARD OLD FASHIONED POLICE WORK USING SOCIAL MEDIA, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, BUT ALSO JUST FOOTWORK AND COLLABORATION, ANG LANGUAGE SKILLS.
YOU COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'RE SEEING LIVING EVIDENCE OF IT AS I STAND BEFORE YOU, AND NUMBER THREE, I WANNA REACH OUT TO THE COURT SYSTEM, THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THE REST HAVE TAKEN PLACE, THE CHARGES BEEN FILED.
NOW WE WANT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO DO ITS JOB.
IF THERE WAS EVER A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE YOU DO NOT GIVE SOMEONE BAIL, THIS IS IT.
THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOWED THAT YOU CAN PREVENT BAIL, TAKE IN CONSIDERATION, FLIGHT RISK, TAKING CONSIDERATION, THE SEVERITY OF THIS CRIME.
SO I'M GONNA BE MONITORING THE COURT SYSTEM.
I WANT THESE SUSPECTS TO HAVE THEIR DAY IN COURT.
I WANT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AND I WANT IT DONE SOONER THAN LATER.
THAT SAID, I'LL YIELD TO LIEUTENANT HOPE, WHO HAS REALLY LED A VERY EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION.
THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU O EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
LIEUTENANT, COULD WE ASK YOU TO SAY AND SPELL YOUR FULL NAME, SIR? YES, MA'AM.
S-T-E-P-H-E-N, LAST NAME HOPE, HOPE.
SO I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE OUR TEAM HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TRACKING EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF JOCELYN BY A CITY, UH, CITIZEN ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 17TH, 2024.
BECAUSE OF THE ASSISTANCE OF THE AREA, COMMUNITY AND SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE TIRELESSLY TRACKED DOWN AND OTHER EVIDENTIARY PIECES, WE HAVE FOUND AND LEARNED THAT THE SUSPECTS BEGAN THEIR EVENING AT A NORTHBOROUGH AREA RESTAURANT.
TOGETHER, THEY LEFT THAT RESTAURANT ON FOOT, SOUTHBOUND THE SUSPECTS CONTINUED SOUTH AND WERE FIRST SEEN ON A CAMERA.
AND THOSE ARE THE IMAGES THAT WE RELEASED TO YOU, TO, UH, TO ALL OF YOU AND TO THE PUBLIC SUSPECTS.
SEEN MEETING THE VICTIM AND TALKING FOR A FEW MINUTES WHILE THEY WERE ON KIRKENDALL.
LATER THE SUSPECTS AND THE VICTIM WALKED TOGETHER TO A CONVENIENCE STORE, AND THOSE IMAGES WERE ALSO RELEASED TO YOU GUYS AND THE PUBLIC.
AFTER A FEW MINUTES, ALL THREE TOGETHER WALKED TO A BRIDGE WHERE ULTIMATELY JOCELYN WAS MURDERED.
SUSPECTS CONTINUE SOUTH TOWARDS THEIR RESIDENCE AFTER LEAVING JOCELYN THERE, I WANNA THANK THE MEDIA FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN GREATLY AND BROADLY RELEASING THE IMAGES OF THE SUSPECTS.
I WANNA THANK ALL THE WITNESSES WHO HAVE BEEN BRAVE COMING FORWARD, TALKING TO THE POLICE AND GIVING US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED TO IDENTIFY THESE SUSPECTS SO THAT ON THIS MORNING, THURSDAY, JUNE 20TH, OFFICERS WITH THE HOUSTON SWAT TEAM, GANG DIVISION, NORTH BELT DIVISION AND HOMICIDE DID A COORDINATED OPERATION AT 13,355 NORTHBOROUGH DRIVE THE CANFIELD LAKE APARTMENTS.
AND THERE WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE TWO SUSPECTS, DETAINED THEM AND TRANSPORT THEM BACK HERE TO TRAVIS FOR QUESTIONING.
WHILE THERE CSU CONTINUED TO PROCESS THEIR LOCATION, SEARCHING FOR MORE EVIDENCE, WHICH THEY HAD FOUND, THE SUSPECTS ARE NOW FACING CHARGES OF CAPITAL MURDER.
ONE BEING JOHANN JOSE, RON ANGEL MARTINEZ, THE SECOND MALE BEING FRANKLIN JOSE PIN RAMOS IS BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK OF MY POLICE OFFICERS, THE TEAMS, THE MEDIA,
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AND THE UH, UH, COMMUNITY AT LARGE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS.AND I'M VERY PROUD OF EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED.
CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE NAME OF THE SUSPECTS PLEASE? AND SPELL THEM OUT IF YOU DON'T MIND.
J-O-H-A-N J-O-S-E-R-A-N-G-E-L-M-A-R-T-I-N-E-Z.
F-R-A-N-K-L-I-N-J-O-S-E-P-E-N-A-R-A-M-O-S.
AND WE WILL BE UPDATING YOU GUYS WITH IMAGES ONCE THE BOOKING PROCESS IS COMPLETED.
SO DO YOU HAVE AGENTS OR DO YOU HAVE YOUR BOYFRIENDS NAME, SIR? YES.
WE'RE JUST GONNA RELEASE THE AGE.
MARTINEZ IS 21 YEARS OLD, AND RAMOS IS, UH, 26 YEARS OLD.
THANK WHEN I DOHAN JOSE HEL MARTINEZ FRANKLIN, JOSE PENA.
WHAT WAS THAT QUESTION? WELL, I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS.
SOURCES DESCRIBED A PRETTY HORRENDOUS SCENE.
HER ARMS AND FEET TIED UP, UNDRESSED FROM THE BOTTOM DOWN.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS SCENE? AND DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A SEXUAL ASSAULT AS WELL AS WE'RE STILL DOING, UM, A LOT OF THAT INVESTIGATION? WE HAVE, WE HAVE PERFORMED A CENTER SUBMITTED FOR A SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT TO BE PERFORMED A SANE KIT ON HER.
AND FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, IT WAS A HORRIBLE SCENE.
BUT IN, UM, IN CARE, CARE OF THE INVESTIGATION, THAT'S AS FAR AS I'LL GO WITH IT.
AND THEN, UM, WE'RE TOLD THAT ONE OF THE SUSPECTS HAD POSSIBLE BITE MARKS ON HIS NECK.
ANY SELF-DEFENSE WOUNDS, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A STRUGGLE HERE AND BROKEN NAILS? SO AGAIN, AT, AT THIS POINT THERE'S, THERE'S THINGS I CAN RELEASE THAT WE WILL RELEASE AND THINGS THAT WE WANT.
ALL OF THAT, UH, WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE CONDITION OF HER MORE SPECIFICALLY, UH, OF THE SUSPECTS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL COME OUT IN TIME.
BUT FOR NOW, WE ARE NOT CONFIRMING, UH, THOSE ANY DETAILS.
AND, AND TO BE FAIR ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT HOMICIDE MIGHT, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS CAREFUL WITH THIS
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INVESTIGATION TO GET IT.SO I CAN'T CONFIRM ANYTHING AT THIS TIME.
YOU SAID THAT MARTINEZ AND ROMMELS ARE VENEZUELAN.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT? AND WHAT ARE THE
SO, UH, I WOULD DEFER TO THEM AND DEFER YOU TO THEM ON THOSE FOR CONFIRMATION OF THOSE THINGS.
TO BE CLEAR, WERE THE ROOMMATES LIVING IN THE SAME UNIT? IT APPEARS THAT THEY WERE ALL RESIDING IN THE SAME APARTMENT? YES.
SO, AND DO WE KNOW HOW LONG THEY HAVE LIVED IN THE AREA, IN THAT PARTICULAR APARTMENT? UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE.
WE THINK MAYBE ONE A MATTER OF MONTHS, BUT THE OTHER FAR LESS.
AND THE LIEUTENANT PAINTED A VERY NICE PICTURE.
WITH REGARDS TO WHAT TOOK PLACE TO THIS TRAGIC ENDING.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T, CAN YOU PROVIDE US EXACTLY ABOUT HOW LONG IT TOOK FROM THE MEETING TO THE BRIDGE? YES.
UM, SO IT WAS IN THE EVENING OF THE 16TH THAT THEY LEFT THAT, UH, RESTAURANT.
IT WAS DURING THE NIGHTTIME, MIDNIGHT HOUR ALMOST THAT THEY WERE WALKING.
UM, AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT WASN'T UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER ONE TO TWO O'CLOCK THAT THEY WERE AT THE BRIDGE.
SO IT WAS WITHIN A SPAN OF THREE, FOUR HOURS.
AND WHEN YOU, IS THERE A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOCELYN AND THESE TWO MEN? HOW DID THEY KNOW EACH OTHER? SO AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL RIGHT NOW, THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EVERYONE IS STILL A PART OF THE INVESTIGATION.
UM, WE'VE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD TO GET TO THIS POINT.
UM, BUT A MOUNTAIN OF WORK STANDS BEFORE US TO BE ABLE TO DOCUMENT AND LOOK THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE LEFT.
WE KNOW, WE KNOW THAT SHE WAS IN AN APARTMENT.
IT WAS WAS IT AT THE SAME COMPLEX OR WAS IT A DIFFERENT NO, IT WAS A DIFFERENT.
SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT WAS FOUND IN THE APARTMENTS, CAN YOU GIVE DETAILS? I CANNOT, SORRY.
HAVE THESE TWO BEEN COOPERATIVE WITH YOU GUYS AT ALL? YES, THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH US AND WE ARE TAKING STATEMENTS AND TALKING WITH THEM, AND AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE AND THEY ARE BOOKED IN, LIKE I SAID, WE WILL GET THE PICTURES TO YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO CRACK THE CASE.
WAS THERE SOMEONE WHO CALLED THE POLICE? WE, SO I'M ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE HOUSTON CITIZENS.
I'M ACTUALLY VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS, THE MEDIA.
IT IS ALL OF THE ABOVE WITH ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOU GUYS PUT INTO GETTING THE IMAGES OF THE INDIVIDUALS OUT TO THE PUBLIC IN A BROAD SCAPE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH US, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS UP IN THE NORTHBOROUGH AREA, THE STATEMENTS FROM WITNESSES.
I, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT EVERY PIECE OF THIS WAS ALTOGETHER.
LET, CAN YOU ASK IF I COULD FOLLOW UP ONE OTHER QUESTION, ASK ONE AT A TIME.
LIEUTENANT, IF I COULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION THERE.
WHAT WAS THE THRESHOLD THAT WAS CROSSED TO WHERE YOU WERE ABLE TO CHARGE THEM WITH MURDER? UH, I, I HAVE TO SAY IT'S ALL OF IT TOGETHER.
IT'S THE TOTALITY OF EVERY PIECE OF THE EVIDENCE TOGETHER.
ONCE IT BROUGHT IT ALL INTO ONE PLACE, THEN WE WERE ABLE TO GRAB, GET, FIND THEM, FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE, LINK THEM TO THE LOCATION AND TO THE ACTUAL INCIDENT ITSELF.
SO NO TYPE OF CONFESSION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FROM EITHER ONE OF THEM.
SO THE ACTUAL LIKE STATEMENTS THAT THEY'VE MADE IS GONNA BE A PART OF THE INVESTIGATION AND I CAN'T GO INTO THAT.
ANOTHER QUESTION ON THIS END OVER HERE, PLEASE.
IN RELATION TO THAT QUESTION, WHAT MAKES IT A CAPITAL MURDER CASE? YOU GO INTO THAT? YES.
IN COMMISSION OF ANOTHER FELONY? NO, ACTUALLY THE AGE OF THE VICTIM IN TEXAS STATE LAW IS ALL WE NEED FOR IT TO BE A CAPITAL, UH, UNDER THE AGE OF 15, ANY MURDER IS A CAPITAL MURDER.
YOU SAID THE GANG UNIT WAS INVOLVED.
IS WERE THE AGES ABOUT THE APPREHENSION OR WAS THEY A PART OF THE INVESTIGATION? SO THEY ACTUALLY ASSISTED US GREATLY IN ME REACHING OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY ITSELF AND THEN ALSO WITH SURVEILLANCE AND, UH, IN THE APPREHENSION OF THE INDIVIDUALS.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
AND THAT'S STILL, DO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE VIDEO OF ALL THREE AT THE BRIDGE? SHE HAD? SO THE SPECIFICS OF THE ACTUAL SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS I CANNOT DIVULGE AT THIS TIME.
UM, I DO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT COMPELS US TO BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE WAS TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COURSE OF THIS EVENT.
THE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HER BOYFRIEND, UH, AROUND MIDNIGHT THAT NIGHT.
DID HE EVER CALL POLICE ABOUT ANY CONCERNS? AGAIN, LIKE ALL OF THE COMMUNICATION PORTIONS, UH, ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL OTHERWISE IS ALL BEING SCOURED.
THAT'S PART OF LIKE THE MOUNTAIN OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TO STILL GO THROUGH AND DOCUMENT.
DID THAT APPEARANCE OF THE 13 OPEN COOPERATED WITH YOU ALL? EXTREMELY.
WE LOOKED AT SOME, A COUPLE MORE GUYS MORE SHOWED AN HPD UNIT IN, IN THE PARKING LOT BETWEEN THE SEVEN 11 AND THE BRIDGE AROUND 12:06 AM UH, MONDAY.
WAS THAT IN ANY RELATION TO JOCELYN OR, OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS CASE? NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
MAY YOUR INTENTION HOLDING THE COURT, KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THE COURTS, ARE YOU GONNA GO TO COURT TO SEE NO, I'M JUSTLY SAYING THAT WE HAVE A JUSTICE SYSTEM AND I THINK JUSTICE DELAYED IS, UH, NOT GOOD.
SO THIS IS, UH, SUCH AN HORRENDOUS CRIME THAT, UH, I DON'T
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WANNA SEE THESE INDIVIDUALS ON BOND ON THE STREETS OF HOUSTON, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, WE'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE JUDGMENT OF THE MAGISTRATE AND THE JUDGES.BUT, UH, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, UH, CAPTAIN MURDERS, MURDERS IN GENERAL ON BOND ARE SOME OF OUR HIGHER RISK INDIVIDUALS DANGEROUS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WHEN THEY JUMP BOND, THEY KNOW THERE'S A WARRANT FOR THEIR ARREST.
THEY DON'T WANNA BE APPREHENDED, AND THAT'S LEADS TO VIOLENCE, NOT TO MENTION THE EXPOSURE TO THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON.
SO ALL I'M SAYING IS THE POLICE ARE DOING THEIR JOB, THE PUBLIC'S COOPERATED, THE MEDIA'S COOPERATE CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
SO NOW THIS, DO NOT DELAY ACCOUNTABILITY.
GIVE THEM A FAIR TRIAL, THEY'RE ENTITLED TO, BUT HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE BY A JUDGE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
SO I WILL BE MONITORING IT BECAUSE IN GENERAL, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DELAY OF TRIALS IN HARRIS COUNTY.
APPROXIMATELY 900 INDIVIDUALS ARE ON THE STREET OF HOUSTON TODAY, CHARGED WITH MURDER OR CAPITAL MURDER WAITING TO GO TO COURT.
AND AS I'VE SAID, IT'S ONE OF THE MORE DANGEROUS PROFILE THAT YOU COULD HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT, UH, MANY OF 'EM ARE FUGITIVES, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
SO I WANT TO LET HOUSTONIANS KNOW.
I'LL BE MONITORING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AS THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS GO THROUGH IT.
CHIEF, YOUR DATE OF BIRTH ON THE TWO SUSPECTS, PLEASE? LIEUTENANT, COULD WE JUST GET A DATE OF BIRTH ON THE TWO SUSPECTS? NO, JUST THE AGE.
IT APPEARS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE SHAVED THEIR BEARDS.
WERE THEY TRYING TO, LIKE, DO YOU THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO CHANGE THEIR IDENTITY OR EITHER THEIR IDENTITY? SO IT'S OFTEN VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY LOOK AND I CAN'T STATE WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS WERE IN THAT.
BUT CHIEF, DO WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND WHEN THEY ARRIVE HERE IN THE STATES OR NO? I, BECAUSE LEGALLY, LEGALLY OR THERE IF THERE'S AN ICE RETAINER ON THEM OR SO? NO.
AND LIKE I SAID, AS UH, CHIEF HAD MENTIONED, WE REACHED OUT TO HSI AND WE'RE GONNA LET THEM TAKE CARE OF THAT PORTION OF THE INVESTIGATION AND LOOK INTO IT.
CHIEF, AS YOU REACH OUT, LAST QUESTION RIGHT HERE, CHIEF, AS YOU REACH OUT TO HSI, I HAVE TO ASK, WERE THEY ANY DATABASE WITHIN AN HPD ALREADY OR WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY AND THE COURT SYSTEM BAR ANYWHERE SURROUNDING COUNTIES? SO I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
DO WE KNOW IF THEY WERE ALREADY IN OUR SYSTEM? I DO NOT KNOW.
SO WE, WE COULD, I'LL TELL YOU.
BUT WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL FIND OUT, UH, IF THEY'RE ALREADY IN OUR SYSTEM IN ANY WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN HANDLED THEM BEFORE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL SHARE THAT.
DO YOU HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE CALL UP WITH THAT? IS THAT, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE GANG TASK FORCE OR THE GANG MEMBERS OF HPD, EXCUSE ME, THE GANG OFFICERS BEEN THERE? YES, SIR.
IN HPD THEY WERE ASSISTING IN THIS.
UM, DO WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THESE MEN WERE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY TYPE PROVIDER, LOCAL OR VENEZUELAN GAINES THAT HAVE A PRESENCE HERE AT HOUSTON? SO AT, AT THIS MOMENT, I HAVE NO INFORMATION TO SUGGEST THAT THEY, WHEN THEY AND THE TEAM HASN'T TOLD ME ANYONE'S DIFFERENT, AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING WITH HSI AND YOU KNOW THAT WITHIN TIME, THAT THAT MAY BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S OCCURRED THAT THEY MAY HAVE AFFILIATIONS, BUT I JUST CAN'T SAY THAT FOR FOR SURE AT THIS MOMENT.
LA WHAT IS THE, UH, WHAT, WHAT RESTAURANT ARE THE MEN SEEN AT WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY BEGIN THIS TIMELINE? SO I WANT, AGAIN, LIKE THE SPECIFICS OF THE INCIDENT, I WANNA KIND OF LEAVE IT TO THE INVESTIGATION AS IT ONGOING AND IT'S IN THE NORTHBOROUGH AREA, SO IT WAS NOT EVERYTHING WAS ACTUALLY VERY CLOSE AND ON FOOT.
AND REAL QUICK, AS FAR AS BOOKING PHOTOS OF COURT INFORMATION, ONCE THEY'RE FORMALLY PROCESSED, WE GET THE COURT ASSIGNED YOU GUYS, WE'LL GET THE BOOKING PHOTOS, WE'LL POST 'EM TO OUR X PAGE.
WHAT'S THE TAKEAWAY THAT YOU HAVE, MAYOR, THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT COMMUNITY POLICING, BUT YOU REALLY HAD A COMMUNITY FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GATHER SEPARATE FROM WHAT'S BEEN CONFIRMED HERE TODAY, REALLY STEP UP AND FLOOD THE SYSTEM WITH TIPS GOING INTO LAST NIGHT ABOUT THIS.
I, I CAN ASSURE IT WAS FROM HP D'S PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK WHEN I WAS THERE NIGHT BEFORE LAST IN THE PARKING LOT, YOU HAD THE HPD INVESTIGATORS GOING ACROSS THAT AREA OF OUR COMMUNITY AS HAS BEEN EXPRESSED BY LIEUTENANT HOPE THROUGH THE MEDIA, UH, HOUSTONIANS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE HAVE COME FORWARD AND UH, THERE'S PROBABLY LISTENING TO THE OFFICER KNOW ONE THING THAT MADE THIS CASE, IT WAS THE COLLABORATION OF THE PUBLIC, THE MEDIA, THE RESIDENTS, THE RETAIL MERCHANTS.
I WAS THERE WHEN THEY WERE ASKED TO ALLOW HPD TO VIEW THEIR VIDEOS.
AND THAT'S WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT HOUSTON.
WE COME TOGETHER DURING DIFFICULT TIMES.
THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME, BUT HOUSTONIANS OUGHT TO KNOW THEY'VE GOT A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT FIGHTS CRIME.
ONLY THING THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS IS MORE RESOURCES.
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THE PASSION, THE EXPERIENCE.WE JUST NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, WHICH WE'LL BE ADDRESSING IN FUTURE DAYS.
SO IT'S, UH, IT'S SAD, IT'S OUTRAGEOUS, MAKES YOU ANGRY, BUT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO COURT WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS AND HOLD 'EM ACCOUNTABLE.
OKAY FOLKS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.