13 Investigates spoke with the victim of a 2019 alleged aggravated assault sidelined by Houston police, who just recently filed charges against a suspect.
13 Investigates spoke with the victim of a 2019 alleged aggravated assault sidelined by Houston police, who recently filed charges against a suspect.An aggravated assault victim told 13 Investigates he was "shocked" when he heard from the Houston Police Department earlier this year about an assault that happened in 2019.
That victim's case is one of 264,000 incidents that HPD suspended since 2016 due to a lack of staff. As of this week, HPD said about half of the 107,094 incident reports it reviewed have no leads. In one felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon case that was initially suspended by HPD, court documents show officers "observed that this incident had multiple suspects, multiple complainants, multiple witnesses, and evidence ... with potential leads."
When police reached out to that victim this year, she told them she remembered the case because it was traumatizing. But, according to court documents, when they showed her a lineup, she was "not sure, but if anybody needs to be chosen, it would be #3," adding that the case is three years old.
Charges Filed Years After Crime Aggravated Assault Not Investigated Houston Police Cases Sidelined 13 Investigates
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