[Press Conference: "HPD Investigation Update - Laura Koppe Rd. Shooting"]
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UH, TODAY I WANT TO COMMEND THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HOMICIDE DIVISION.
UH, THEIR DEDICATION, DETERMINATION, UH, BROUGHT TO A FAST RESOLUTION OF A VERY SERIOUS, COMPLEX INVESTIGATION.
UH, THIS WAS NO ORDINARY INVESTIGATION.
IT INVOLVED, UH, THE LOSS OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THE EXTRAORDINARY, EXTRAORDINARY LEVEL OF SKILL, PATIENCE, AND RESILIENCE THAT THIS TEAM PUT TOGETHER, UH, ARE WHAT I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR, BECAUSE THEY'RE SO COMMITTED AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, TO BRING IN JUSTICE AND TRUTH TO THIS COMMUNITY, EVERY PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, NOT JUST ONE SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.
THIS OFFICE IS DELIVERING EQUITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, EXCEPTIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE SERVICE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IS NOT ONLY FOR THE VICTIMS IN THIS CASE, BUT ALSO TO THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS. UH, THE HOMICIDE DIVISION WILL KIND OF GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ON IT, UH, AS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT, UM, I WANNA THANK THE GOOD MAYOR, UH, JOHN WHITMEYER FOR HIS, UH, BACKING FOR HIS CALLS, UH, WHEN HE SAW IT IN THE NEWS.
UH, HIS CONSTANT CALLING, THE CONSTANT INVOLVEMENT, THE CONSTANT ENGAGEMENT, UH, BECAUSE LIKE US, HE WANTED TO SEE THESE BAD GUYS LOCKED UP, SECURED, AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AGAIN.
SO, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA YIELD TO THE GOOD MAYOR.
THANK YOU, CHIEF, AND I'LL BE VERY BRIEF AND TO THE POINT.
I, UH, LEFT MY DUTIES AT CITY HALL TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP OF HPD AND THE RANK, AND FILE THESE HOMICIDE DETECTIVES FOR EXCELLENT POLICE WORK.
IT'S, UH, SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF ALL HOUSTONIANS, WE, WE APPRECIATE CERTAINLY THE COLLABORATION WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
THIS IS EXCELLENT POLICE WORK.
WE'RE NOT GONNA QUIT TILL WE HOLD EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE.
SO, ON BEHALF OF HOUSTONIANS, WE TRUST YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GET UP AND DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.
THERE'S CRITICS OUT THERE, BUT I TRUST THIS DEPARTMENT.
IT'S LEADERSHIP UNDER CHIEF DIAZ AND THE RANK AND FILE.
AND, UH, ALL WE NEED TO DO IS RECRUIT, RECRUIT, AND GET ADDITIONAL OFFICERS ON THE STREET.
BUT THIS DETECTIVE WORK IS EXCEPTIONAL.
IT COMES WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, COMMITMENT, AND PASSION FOR YOUR JOB.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO SHARE IN THIS GREAT POLICE WORK.
IT'S GONNA HOLD THESE OUTLAWS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE TAKING OF LIFE IN A SHOOTOUT IN ONE OF OUR IMPORTANT COMMUNITIES.
I'M A SERGEANT WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HOMICIDE DIVISION.
I WANNA FIRST THANK, UH, MEMBERS OF THE HPD COMMAND, STAFF CHIEF DIAZ AND MAYOR WHITMEYER FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT DURING THIS INVESTIGATION, AS WELL AS OUR MEDIA PARTNERS FOR WORKING COOPERATIVE WITH US TO, UH, TO, TO SPREAD INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS OF APPRECIATION TO SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WORKED WITH TO BRING THE FIRST MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS INVESTIGATION TO A CLOSE.
UH, THAT INCLUDES MULTIPLE DIVISIONS AND COUNTLESS OFFICERS AT HPD.
SOME OF THEM ARE UP, ARE UP HERE TODAY.
MY PARTNER, DETECTIVE KYLE HALO.
THIS IS DETECTIVE ANDREW BARR.
DETECTIVE JONATHAN GEORGE, OUR COMMANDER, COMMANDER CHRISTOPHER HASSIG.
THIS IS DETECTIVE JJ GONZALEZ AND DETECTIVE ERIC MALDONADO.
UM, MANY FROM DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND, AND, AND ALL THAT ASSISTED GREATLY IN THIS.
I ALSO WANNA THANK NUMEROUS OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT INCLUDES HUMBLE PD, LOS ANGELES PD, DENVER PD FBI, HOUSTON, AND THE A TF OF THESE PEOPLE WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TO ENSURE THAT THESE SUSPECTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
UH, THEIR ASSISTANCE IN COLLABORATION WAS VITAL AND CRUCIAL TO THIS EFFORT.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANNA THANK THOSE THAT WE WORK FOR, AND THAT'S THE SURVIVING VICTIMS AND THE FAMILIES OF THE DECEASED.
I WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR TRUST AND THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS INVESTIGATION.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS INVESTIGATION, WE MADE A PROMISE TO THESE PEOPLE, AND I STAND IN HERE TODAY TO TELL THEM THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DELIVER ON THAT PROMISE.
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ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WERE GATHERED, A BLOCK PARTY IN THE 4,900 BLOCK OF LORE.THESE PEOPLE WERE SOCIALIZING.
THEY WERE LISTENING TO MUSIC, AND THEY WERE BARBECUING.
QUITE FRANKLY, THEY WERE DOING NOTHING WRONG, AND THEY WERE MINDING THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
A LITTLE AFTER 2:00 AM A GROUP OF SUSPECTS DROVE DOWN LORE COPY IN A NEWER MODEL, SILVER NISSAN ROGUE, AND BEGAN TO OPEN FIRE UPON A CROWD WITH A VARIETY OF FIREARMS, UH, SOME OF WHICH WE BELIEVE TO BE FULLY AUTOMATIC.
THIS, THIS WAS DONE SEEMINGLY FOR NO REASON AT ALL.
FOLLOWING, UH, SADLY, THREE OF THE PEOPLE IN INVOLVED IN THIS SHOOTING LOST THEIR LIVES.
THEIR NAMES WERE JARVIS, FOLT, TREE BRION STEWART, AND MARLON JACKSON.
EIGHT OTHER INDIVIDUALS WERE ALSO SERIOUSLY INJURED.
AS A RESULT OF THIS SHOOTING, FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING, THE SUSPECTS FLED THE SCENE IN THE SAME SUV.
PEOPLE AT THE SCENE CONTACTED 9 1 1 AT 2 26 IN THE MORNING WITH THE FIRST HPD OFFICERS ON SCENE AT 2 31 IN THE MORNING.
MYSELF AND PARTNER DETE, MY, MYSELF, AND MY PARTNER, DETECTIVE KYLE HALO, RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND BEGAN THE INVESTIGATION BY SPEAKING TO WITNESSES, PROCESSING EVIDENCE, AND CANVASSING THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
WE WERE ULTIMATELY ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WITH NUM WITH THE HELP OF NUMEROUS HPD ASSETS AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES HPD USES DAILY TO KEEP THIS COMMUNITY SAFE.
THAT SUSPECT VEHICLE, THAT SILVER, SUV, WAS QUICKLY LINKED TO ONE OF OUR SUSPECTS, AND THAT'S MARLO REYNOLDS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
AFTER DEVELOPING REYNOLDS AS A SUSPECT, WE WERE ABLE TO USE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE TO LINK HIM TO TWO REMAINING SUSPECTS.
THAT'S JAKAYLA WILLIS AND JIAN NOEL.
WE THEN INVESTIGATED THESE INDIVIDUALS AND UTILIZED NUMEROUS SEARCH WARRANTS AND SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TO LINK THEM AS CO-DEFENDANTS IN A SHOOTING.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT NOELLE WAS CURRENTLY OUT ON THREE DIFFERENT BONDS FOR FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY, AND THAT REYNOLDS WAS OUT ON A PR BOND FOR UNLAWFUL CARRY OF A WEAPON HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY.
OUR INVESTIGATION THEN LET THEN LED US TO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND DENVER, COLORADO, WHERE WE LEARNED THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE BEING INVESTIGATED BY, AND, AND TWO OF THEM ULTIMATELY WERE CHARGED IN THOSE CITIES, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY REMAIN TODAY.
THE THIRD SUSPECT, JAVION NOEL, IS CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY IN HOUSTON FOR HIS FOURTH COUNT OF FELON IN POSSESSION OF A WEAPON AND THIS NEW CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE.
IN SUMMARY, WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN WREAKING HAVOC ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND ARE WANTED BY MULTIPLE AGENCIES.
I'M PLEASED TO TELL YOU TODAY THAT THEY ARE ALL IN CUSTODY AND WILL NO LONGER BE TERRORIZING THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY OR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.
WE LEARNED IN THIS INVESTIGATION OF SOME PEOPLE POTENTIALLY HAVING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THESE SUSPECTS, BUT THEY WERE AFRAID TO COME FORWARD.
THIS WAS OUT OF FEAR OF RETALIATION, IS WHAT WE'RE TOLD.
I WANT THOSE PEOPLE TO KNOW SOMETHING.
I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT, THAT THESE THREE SUSPECTS HERE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND THEY'RE OFF THE STREETS.
THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THESE THREE ANYMORE.
AND I URGE THESE PEOPLE TO FINALLY COME FORWARD AND ASSIST US IN THE EFFORT OF KEEPING THESE INDIVIDUALS BEHIND BARS.
JALIN WILLIS IS CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY IN LOS ANGELES, WHERE HE IS FACING CHARGE OF THE LARCENY AND IS CURRENTLY WANTED IN COLORADO FOR TWO COUNTS OF ROBBERY.
HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER IN THIS CASE, AND HE WILL BE EXTRADITED TO HARRIS COUNTY.
MARLO REYNOLDS IS CURRENTLY ALSO IN CUSTODY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND ALSO WANTED IN COLORADO.
HE HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER, AND HE WILL BE EXTRADITED TO HARRIS COUNTY JAVION NOEL, THE LAST OF THE THREE HERE ON THE RIGHT IS CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY IN THE HARRIS COUNTY JAIL.
HE IS FACING FOUR COUNTS, A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, AND NOW A CAPITAL MURDER.
THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING, ALTHOUGH WE'VE MADE THREE ARRESTS AND WE STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE TO BE EXAMINED.
THIS WILL HAPPEN WHILE WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND BRING THIS CASE TO THE COURTS.
AND LASTLY, THE MOTIVE OF THIS IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING, WHICH IS WE, WHY WE NEED PEOPLE TO CONTACT US.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THEM OR I'LL DIRECT THEM TO, TO SOMEBODY THAT I CAN.
SO YOU SAID IT APPEARED THAT THIS WAS, THERE WAS ANY MOTIVE FOR THIS SHOOTING.
IS THAT STILL, DO WE KNOW WHY THESE PEOPLE TARGETED THIS PARTY? IT'S, WE'RE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE YET ON A MOTIVE.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INVESTIGATION, WE WERE ULTIMATELY FOCUSED ON FINDING THE SUSPECT VEHICLE, FIGURING OUT WHO WAS IN IT, AND WE CAN'T MAKE PEOPLE TALK TO US WHEN WE ARREST THEM, AND WE CAN'T MAKE WITNESSES TALK TO US.
UM, BUT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN.
AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT, WE, WE CAN PUT THAT OUT.
BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT MOTIVE.
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UM, SO HOW IMPORTANT WAS THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO? WAS THERE ANY OTHER, LIKE, COMMUNITY TIPS THAT CAME IN THAT HELPED Y'ALL LOCATE THESE SUSPECTS? SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE IS VITAL.VITAL AT BUSINESSES, HOMES, ANYWHERE WHERE WE CAN GET IT, IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE LOOK FOR.
UM, SOME PEOPLE DID SPEAK TO US AT THE SCENE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SHOT AND, AND ARE ALIVE WHILE THEY PROVIDED STATEMENTS, THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED.
UM, THEY'RE JUST ENJOYING, YOU KNOW, AN EVENING IN HOUSTON, AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S SHOOTING AT 'EM, THEY GET BEHIND COVER, THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY AND THAT, THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS SOMEONE COMING FORWARD AND IDENTIFYING THESE INDIVIDUALS HERE AS BEING A SHOOTERS, NO, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT YET.
AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME FEAR.
SO I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE, THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE ANY FEAR ABOUT THESE PEOPLE ANYMORE.
THEY'RE OUT OF, THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUT OF THAT AREA AND THEY'RE IN THE JAIL.
WOULD THERE BE ANY CHANCE THAT THEY BELONG TO AGAIN, IT'S POSSIBLE.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING, IT'S A PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY PURSUING.
UM, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON, BUT, UH, WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH SPECIFICS ON THAT.
WHAT WAS THE, UH, THE VEHICLE THAT THEY USED, WHERE WAS THAT RECOVERED? GO BACK OVER THAT.
THE VEHICLE WAS ULTIMATELY RECOVERED AT A RENTAL FACILITY.
UM, AND THAT WAS LOCATED THERE JUST BASED ON HOURS AND HOURS OF, OF SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE REVIEWING AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGICAL STUFF THAT WE, WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL TO TRACK A SUSPECT.
VEHICLE'S, MOVEMENTS AFTER A SHOOTING.
WERE THE WEAPONS USED IN THE SHOOTING, RECOVERED.
MULTIPLE WEAPONS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED IN THIS CASE.
MANY, UM, MANY OF THEM ILLEGAL WEAPONS, BUT LINKING THEM TO THIS PARTICULAR CASE WILL TAKE SOME TIME.
IT REQUIRES SOME ANALYSIS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MATT? ANY FURTHER? UM, YEAH, YEAH.
YOU, YOU MENTIONED TECHNOLOGY YOU USE, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BLOCKING? YES, THAT'S ONE, THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT WE USE.
SO HOW LONG WERE THE TWO OUT OF STATE INDIVIDUALS? HOW LONG WERE THEY IN CUSTODY BEFORE THEY WERE LINKED TO THIS CASE IN PARTICULAR? ONE MORE TIME.
SO HOW LONG YOU, HOW LONG WERE THEY IN JAIL? WHEN OR WHEN WERE THEY ARRESTED? AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WHEN WERE CHARGED, BUT WHEN WERE THEY ARRESTED AND WHEN WERE Y'ALL ABLE TO LINK THEM TO THIS PARTICULAR CASE? THE TWO THAT ARE OUTTA STATE WERE ARRESTED ABOUT A WEEK OR A WEEK AND A HALF OR SO AGO.
UM, AND AROUND THAT TIME IS WHEN WE WERE, WE'RE ALWAYS WE'RE INVESTIGATING PEOPLE.
UM, BUT THIS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INVESTIGATING SOMEBODY AND PUTTING A CHARGE ON SOMEBODY, UM, WE WERE CERTAINLY INVESTIGATING THEM AROUND THE TIME THAT THEY WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN LOS ANGELES, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL VERY RECENTLY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DEFINITIVELY LINK THEM TO THIS CASE AND FILE A CAPITAL MARKET CHARGE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE DO SPANISH? MAYOR, CHIEF, ANYTHING TO ADD BEFORE SPANISH? MAD? JENNIFER HAD A, YOU HAD A QUESTION.
LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT ONE COMING.
UH, YEAH, I I MEAN, WAS THIS, IF THEY'RE GOING TO MULTIPLE STATES ALLEGEDLY COMMITTING DIFFERENT CRIMES MM-HMM
LIKE WAS THIS SOME SORT OF ORGANIZED SOMETHING OR OTHER? DO WE HAVE SENSE? SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS SOME KIND OF ORGANIZED CRIME SITUATION GOING ON? YEAH.
UM, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GET TWO IN THE WEEDS WITH ANOTHER JURISDICTION'S INVESTIGATION.
I CAN REALLY ONLY SPEAK TO THE DETAILS OF WHAT MY PARTNER, DETECTIVE KYLE AVOW AND I ARE DOING HERE IN HOUSTON.
UM, BUT ARE THERE MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ARRESTED FOR COMMITTING THE SAME, THE SAME CRIME? YES.
WERE THEY DOING THAT KIND OF, WERE THEY DOING OTHER THINGS ILLEGAL IN OTHER STATES? PROBABLY, UH, TWO OF THEM WERE ARRESTED TOGETHER IN ANOTHER STATE.
BUT AN ORGAN, LIKE A, UH, AN ORGANIZED CRIME RING THAT I CAN'T COMMENT ON, IS IT POSSIBLE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED THAN JUST THESE THREE? IT'S, I'M SURE IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE KNEW ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S REALLY NO DEFINITIVE INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS REALLY WHY I MAKE THE PLEA AGAIN, TO THE PUBLIC THAT NOW IS REALLY MORE THAN EVER THE TIME TO COME FORWARD.
BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE IN CUSTODY, WE STILL NEED TO BRING THIS TO THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT AND MORE INFORMATION IS ALWAYS NEEDED AND IS ALWAYS HELPFUL.
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IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.IN HOUSTON, IN HOUSTON, LOS ANGELES, DENVER, COLORADO, LOS ANGELES.
IN CLOSING, I JUST WANNA THANK MAYOR JOHN WHITMEYER FOR HIS TIME.
I KNOW HE'S GOT ANOTHER A HUNDRED PLACES TO BE, BUT, UH, I, I, I CAN'T THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ENOUGH.
THE STAFF, UH, THE GUYS WEARING HIS AND GIRLS WEARING THE SILVER BADGES, THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING THE HARD WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AS THE DETECTIVE SAID, THEIR RESPONSE TIME WAS VERY QUICK THERE.
UH, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY TREATED EIGHT OR NINE OF THE VICTIMS THERE.
THAT DID REMARKABLE WORK, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM UNDER MAYOR WHITMEYER LEADERSHIP.
SO I WANNA SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, THE, THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY APPARATUS IS FUNCTIONING AND IS WORKING COLLECTIVELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS SAFE AND IS GETTING THE SERVICES THAT THEY SO DESERVE.
MAYOR, I'LL, I'LL NO, YOU'RE FINE.
SO, UH, IN CLOSING, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR OUR MEDIA PARTNERSHIP THAT THAT'S HERE TO VISIT WITH US, UH, IN REPORTING THE TRUTH, THE FACTS, BECAUSE WE NEED THE COMMUNITY.
WE NEED YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY TO HELP US, UH, SOLVE THESE CASES.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE STAND AT THE READY TO DO OUR JOBS, BUT WITHOUT INFORMATION, ACCURATE INFORMATION, UH, WE, WE, WE, WE SOMETIMES TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN NORMAL.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.