HOUSTON, TX – Houston police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred Sunday afternoon in the city’s Fifth Ward.
According to the Houston Police Department, the incident happened around 2:20 p.m. on January 11, 2026, in the 4800 block of Wayne Street. The deceased was identified as 29-year-old Larry Menifee Jr.
HPD officials said officers were dispatched to a call involving a suspicious person with a weapon who was reportedly attempting to force entry into a residence. When officers arrived, they located Menifee outside the home in a nearby vacant lot. He was armed with a firearm and behaving erratically…