Friday, April 16, 2021

Tracking down Daunte Wright's family in Houston

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/daunte-wright-great-grandmother-houston/285-c17cb9ae-0d46-4c19-84be-7aa2428f7c8d 

Many of us in the news business in Houston often comment about how events nationwide and even worldwide often have ties to our area.  That includes the recent police-involved killing of a Minnesota man named Daunte Wright.  The officer reportedly fired a gun she mistook for a taser.  We heard that family members, including a great-grandmother, lived in Houston.  An advanced name search revealed possible addresses and phone numbers.. The latter of which were out of service.  So my photographer and I did old fashioned "door knocks" and located Wright's great-grandmother.  Turns out, she's a retired law enforcement officer herself. 

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