There was a bit of excitment near the Galleria where I work earlier today.
KTRK-13 reports:
A cabbie has been shot and his cab stolen Tuesday afternoon.
It all happened at the intersection of Sage and West Alabama right behind the Galleria. Houston police took a person into custody a short time later, but it’s not known if that person was being considered a suspect.
The cabbie was taken by ambulance to the hospital. He is expected to survive.
And, KHOU-11 adds:
Houston police arrested a suspect Tuesday in the shooting of a cabbie in the Galleria area. Houston police report that just before 3 p.m., the cab driver was heading south on Sage near West Alabama when a minivan pulled up next to him with the doors open.
Police search the area for suspects in the shooting of a cabbie in the Galleria area Tuesday.
Police say that’s when a man jumped into the cab, shot the driver and threw him out of the vehicle. The driver was transported to Ben Taub Hospital. The cab, No. 202, is still missing.
Police arrested a suspect near the Office Depot on Kirby near Richmond.
Our office is at Sage and Westheimer (roughly), and the back side of the parking garage faces Alabama.
Fortunately, I was oblivious to all of this excitement. However, half an hour before the shooting, I actually made my semi-regular afternoon trip over to the Galleria for a Starbucks break. And often (but not today), I take a long route back along Alabama to get a little exercise. That would have put me right where the shooting took place. Nice.
And an hour after the shooting, I took Richmond home, home being not that far from the Office Depot on Kirby where the suspect was captured.
Like I said — fortunately, I missed all the excitement.