Thread: TX-Police: Shooting at stash house for illegal immigrant

Police: Shooting at stash house for illegal immigrant
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Homeowner stunned by allegations involving tenant
Three shot at different locations

Andy Cerota

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Harris County deputies got a little more than they bargained for when they responded to reports of a shooting in a northeast Houston neighborhood. They found what they say was a so-called 'stash house,' filled with illegal immigrants who weren't being allowed to leave.

Authorities uncover more than home shooting

The couple who owns the home on Vashti near Karen leased it to a new tenant less than two weeks ago. They got a phone call just after 10pm Monday night that something bad had happened at the house. They say there was never any indication that the new tenant might be trouble.

Though she wants to remain anonymous, this homeowner is outraged that someone she rented her house to allegedly used it to hold at least 50 suspected illegal immigrants against their will.

"It's terrible," she said. "It's terrible what human beings do to other people. It's just horrible and it just really makes me sick."

The house is torn apart. Windows that were once screwed shut and covered with black trash bags have been shattered. Clothes are scattered across the floor. In one living room closet is a heaping pile of shoes.

Last night neighbors who witnessed scores of people scurrying from the home after reports of a shooting describe the scene as chaotic.

"There was about three people who jumped through our back fence and then went over to the neighbor's yard," said neighbor Troy Lane. "There were some kids hiding in a little truck over on the side. It was weird."

Sheriff's deputies rounded up at least nine suspected illegal immigrants who have since been turned over to federal authorities. Dozens more got away.

Neighbor Lorena Esparza said, "There were girls, like 15 or 16 years old. They were all crying, holding babies in their arms and stuff like that."


About 20 minutes later, two men drove up to a nearby Pilot gas station in a Lincoln Navigator. The driver was hurt and his passenger was shot. Both men told police they'd been robbed. Authorities believe the two scenes are connected. Those men were taken to Ben Taub Hospital.

The homeowner said, "Hopefully justice is served to the people that did this to my home and to the people that were shot and for all the victims that were kept here in my home."

As for the suspected illegal immigrants, according to ICE, if they have outstanding orders of deportation, they will be removed from the US immediately. If they do not, they will have a chance to face a judge to plead their case.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?secti ... le-7357755

i saw this same story on the houston chronicle website.
at the time it didnt say the people in the house were illegal, so i didnt post it

Investigators: Dispute between suspected immigrant smugglers ends in gunfire

by Lisa Chavarria / 11 News

Posted on March 30, 2010 at 8:49 AM

Updated today at 6:43 PM

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Related:
Raw: Illegal immigrants scatter after shootout

HOUSTON – Investigators said a dispute between suspected immigrant smugglers ended in gunfire at a home in north Harris County Monday night.

ICE agents and HPD officers said there were more than 50 immigrants living in the home on Vashti Drive near Karen Street when an argument erupted around 10 p.m.

At some point, one person was shot in the chest.

Investigators arrived at the scene to find the victim lying wounded on the front lawn.

The victim was taken to Ben Taub, but there was no word on his condition early Tuesday morning.

Neighbors reported seeing dozens of people jumping fences in nearby backyards and hiding in bushes after the shooting.

“There was a little group of little girls, like 13 or 15 years old with babies in the hands, crying. They came to her house knocking, asking for shelter,â€

They tell us more and more illegals are returning home? Sure does appear that way to those ofus who live in Houston and watch this city being consumend by illegal alien criminals. We are being invaded every day and our government does nothing, local, state or federal.