Top stories this morning 9/24

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A live look in northwest Harris County where investigators are sorting out what happened after a man stole an HPD cruiser this morning prompting an officer to open fire. It all began when the officer investigated a stabbing. We’re told the suspect jumped into the officer's car then took off in it.

Police caught up and arrested the man at tanner and Teague roads. The suspect was not shot but was taken to the hospital.

 

Homicide investigators are trying to figure out why a man's body was found in the middle of the roadway at north vista and Imperial Valley drives. That’s in a neighborhood between i-45 and the hardy toll road in north Harris County.Detectives hasn’t released any information about the victim.

 

Police are working to find out if drugs were the motive in a north east Houston drive by shooting. A man was standing in his drive way when an unknown suspect pulled up and opened fire. The man was shot in the back and transported to the hospital in serious but stable condition. Police are searching for the suspect.

HFD crews are investigating what started a house fire at a home in southwest Houston. Authorities say the house on Southgate was empty at the time the flames broke out.The house was listed on the rental market.