TX - Houston evicted tenant sets fire to apt bldg to lure out others, 5 tenants shot: 3 dead, 28 August 2022

[imstilla.grandma]

The incident happened at about 1 a.m. Sunday in a mixed industrial-residential neighborhood in southwest Houston. Police and fire crews responded to the apartment house after reports of the fire, police Chief Troy Finner said.

The gunman opened fire on the other tenants as they emerged from the house, possibly with a shotgun, wounding five, Finner said. Two were dead at the scene, and one died at a hospital. Fire teams rescued two other wounded men, who were hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds, he said.

The man then opened fire as the firefighters battled the fire, forcing them to take cover until police officers spotted the prone gunman and shot him dead, Finner said.

No identities have been released, and no firefighters or officers were wounded, he said.

“I’ve seen things I have not seen before in 32 years, and it has happened time and time again,” Finner said. “We just ask that the community come together.”

Police: Houston tenant kills 3 others, set fire to lure them

Houston police say a man evicted from an apartment building set fire to the house to lure out other tenants, then shot three dead and wounded two others. Officers fatally

www.wtva.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A neighbor, Robin Ahrens, told the Houston Chronicle that he heard what he initially thought were fireworks as he prepared for work.

“I’m just fortunate that I didn’t go outside because he probably would have shot me too,” he told the newspaper.

He said the shooter, who had colon cancer, was behind on his rent, jobless and was recently notified that he was being evicted.

“Something must have just hit him in the last couple of days really hard to where he just didn’t care,” he said. “And that’s why he did what he did. ... Nothing else you can really do when you are at that point.”

Police: Houston tenant kills 3 others, set fire to lure them

Houston police say a man evicted from an apartment building set fire to the house to lure out other tenants, then shot three dead and wounded two others.

www.wbtv.com

 

[Sundog]

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A neighbor, Robin Ahrens, told the Houston Chronicle that he heard what he initially thought were fireworks as he prepared for work.

“I’m just fortunate that I didn’t go outside because he probably would have shot me too,” he told the newspaper.

He said the shooter, who had colon cancer, was behind on his rent, jobless and was recently notified that he was being evicted.

“Something must have just hit him in the last couple of days really hard to where he just didn’t care,” he said. “And that’s why he did what he did. ... Nothing else you can really do when you are at that point.”

Police: Houston tenant kills 3 others, set fire to lure them

Houston police say a man evicted from an apartment building set fire to the house to lure out other tenants, then shot three dead and wounded two others.

www.wbtv.com

Heartbreaking image as a tenant and neighbor who survived comes to terms with what happened.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[Laughing]

Suicide by cop, maybe?

Tragic, sad all around.

Peace & comfort for loved ones!

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[Dotta]

If he had cancer and was unemployed (not medically insured) - could he receive treatment?

Where I live, an employer cannot dismiss an ill employee.

And as all workers are medically insured, they are treated in hospitals.

He must have felt hopeless and full of rage if he did such a terrible thing.

RIP to all victims.

 

[Marysmith]

The incident happened at about 1 a.m. Sunday in a mixed industrial-residential neighborhood in southwest Houston. Police and fire crews responded to the apartment house after reports of the fire, police Chief Troy Finner said.

The gunman opened fire on the other tenants as they emerged from the house, possibly with a shotgun, wounding five, Finner said. Two were dead at the scene, and one died at a hospital. Fire teams rescued two other wounded men, who were hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds, he said.

The man then opened fire as the firefighters battled the fire, forcing them to take cover until police officers spotted the prone gunman and shot him dead, Finner said.

No identities have been released, and no firefighters or officers were wounded, he said.

“I’ve seen things I have not seen before in 32 years, and it has happened time and time again,” Finner said. “We just ask that the community come together.”

Police: Houston tenant kills 3 others, set fire to lure them

Houston police say a man evicted from an apartment building set fire to the house to lure out other tenants, then shot three dead and wounded two others. Officers fatally

www.wtva.com

Omg!!! How horrifying!

 

[PrairieWind]

“And that’s why he did what he did. ... Nothing else you can really do when you are at that point.”

Well, I think you could NOT shoot innocent people.

 

[Laughing]

“And that’s why he did what he did. ... Nothing else you can really do when you are at that point.”

Well, I think you could NOT shoot innocent people.

and not start arson fires, too imho

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[Sundog]

Omg!!! How horrifying!

It is incredibly horrifying, that he started a fire to lure his neighbors out of their apartments and was lying in wait to shoot them.

The MSM articles say that he was a longtime resident of the apartment complex, so he most likely knew many of his neighbors.

The victims never had a chance.