{"id":1717,"date":"2026-05-16T17:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2026-05-16T17:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:01:07","slug":"houston-person-with-knife-shot-by-metro-police-near-botanic-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1717","title":{"rendered":"Houston: Person with knife shot by METRO police near Botanic Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>An investigation is underway near the Houston Botanic Garden after METRO police shot a person armed with a knife.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1716\">Houston Flamingo Drive: Woman accused of stabbing family member<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Shooting involving METRO police\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>What we know:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported just before 11 a.m. Saturday near Park Place Boulevard and Findlay Street.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>METRO officials say officers were called about a &#8220;suspicious person&#8221; holding a knife. A bus driver saw the person, refused to let the person on board, and called Bus Control.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>A METRO supervisor and police officers were called to the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>During their interaction with the person, police opened fire, and the person was shot in the leg.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1713\">Silver Boot Series: Astros shut out Rangers in first 2026 matchup<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Officials say the person was given medical treatment at the scene before medics took them to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>No one else was injured.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>The scene is currently blocked off as officials investigate.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>No one involved has been identified at this time.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>There are no other details regarding how the interaction led to the shooting.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p><i>This is a developing news report. We will update when more information is available.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1709\">3 Dallas PD officers injured in Forney plane crash; no fatalities<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>METRO police officers were called about a person with a knife and ended up shooting the person in the leg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-houston","category-houston-metro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Houston: Person with knife shot by METRO police near Botanic Garden - 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