5pm Newscast September, 4, 2026

0:00from news 88 seven in Houston. I'm geared to water arrest for a misdemeanor marijuana possession of risen by nearly 1300 percent during mayor wit myers administration. That's according to numbers Houston public media got from HPD news 88 seven's Dominic Anthony Walsh reports when voters in Houston heads of the polls in few months their ballots will include a measure instructing the police department to make misdemeanor cannabis possession. Lowest possible enforcement priority that type of enforcement is on the rise under wit myer from an average of 35 arrests per year from 2021 through 2023 to about 440 per year since he took office. That's just wild. Katina Vollinger is executive director of ground game Texas which collected about 40,000 petition signatures to get the cannabis proposition on the ballot. If anything that just like makes the case even stronger of why we need these policies. According to the data black people were the most likely to be arrested for marijuana-related crimes

1:04comprising about 74% of all arrests over the past five years despite making up less than 23% of the city's population. I'm Dominic Anthony Walsh news 88 seven. Mayor wit myer in HPD didn't return a request for comment. You can see the data at Houston Public Media dot org. A man has been found dead after a police standoff authorities believe he's linked to three shootings in the area. That standoff happened on Cochrane Street on Houston's north side. According to media reports it's believed the man shot his ex-wife in Pasadena this morning and then shot another woman in New Cane. There was also a third shooting at a fast food restaurant on the East Freeway. All three victims are now in the hospital. The Astros play the Arizona Diamondbacks at Digan Park tonight. Also the University of Houston opens its football season tomorrow at home against Oregon State. Slide chance of rain tonight low-nears