This news is most welcome:
Houston police have arrested eight of 11 people believed to be involved in nine homicides in the city’s southwest side and two others in Pasadena since last November.
The arrests come just a few weeks after HPD acknowledged the surge in violent crime last year was linked to evacuees relocating here after Hurricane Katrina.
Police said the arrests were part of an initiative recently launched to investigate homicides believed related to gang activity.
In analyzing some recent cases in the southwest Houston area, police said today that several involved Louisiana suspects who relocated to Houston following Hurricane Katrina.
Police today said those suspects arrested were associated with two different gangs in New Orleans and continued their rivalry here.
Lovely, just lovely.
Good work, HPD. Keep it going.
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