Harding Street raid

Harding Street raid
LocationPecan Park, Houston, Harris County, Texas, U.S.
DateJanuary 28, 2019 (2019-01-28)
Attack type
Mass shooting, shootout, police brutality
Deaths2
Injured5

On January 28, 2019, in the Pecan Park area in the East End district of Houston,[1] Houston Police Department (HPD) officers initiated a no-knock raid on a house, killing the two homeowners, a husband and wife: Dennis Wayne Tuttle and Rhogena Ann Nicholas.[2] They were aged 59 and 58, respectively.[3] Five HPD officers sustained injuries.[1]

St. John Barned-Smith and Keri Blakinger of the Houston Chronicle described the event as "one of the worst [scandals] to hit HPD in years".[1]

  1. ^ a b c Barned-Smith, St. John; Blakinger, Keri (4 March 2019). "DA reviewing 800 cases of second officer involved in deadly Pecan Park drug raid". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ Kennedy, Megan; Diaz, Mario; Wische, Aaron; Beausoleil, Sophia (2 May 2019). "Autopsy reports for victims in botched Harding Street raid revealed". KHOU-TV. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  3. ^ Carter, Marla (31 January 2019). "What we know about husband and wife killed in Houston officer-involved shooting". KTRK-TV. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.