HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — It’s been one week since a deadly shooting left one teenager dead and two others injured after a fight at a Galena Park basketball court.
In response to the gunfire, the city enforced a nightly park curfew starting on last Thursday.
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“All city parks will be closed from 9:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice,” said Galena Park Mayor Esmeralda Moya.
The city also rolled out 24/7 security monitoring stations that they said are connected directly to dispatch to speed up law enforcement response.
Those are changes one woman, who asked ABC13 to remain anonymous, said she supported.
“I think they should keep the curfew here for now on. I think that’s what the kids need,” the woman said.
The Harris County Sheriff’s office said nearly 20 shots were fired last Sunday when the fight broke out and a car drove up, opening fire at the basketball court. The woman told us that wasn’t the first shooting at that park.
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“My son called me. He told me, ‘Mom, something happened at the park again.’ I’m like, ‘what do you mean?’ And he’s like, ‘another kid passed away,'” the woman said.
The woman told ABC13 she hopes the added security measures don’t stop there. She’d like to see more law enforcement presence in the area as well.
“I really think there should be patrolling once in a while, passing by, checking on everybody, making sure everybody’s safe,” she said.
This story comes from our news partner ABC13 Houston.