Third Ward residents voice concerns over recent gun violence, meet with Houston police to discuss safety

HOUSTON — At a community meeting Friday, residents of Houston’s Third Ward met with police to demand answers after a string of fatal shootings.

The gathering gave voice to long-standing frustrations over public safety in the neighborhood.

In just the past few months, four men have been killed in separate incidents across the area — many of them near the Columbia Tap Trail, a popular pedestrian path that has become a focal point in the neighborhood’s safety debate…

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