Houston Metro Transit Police and the Houston Police Department are increasing security after recent incidents on buses and trains.
"In the coming months, we’re going to be doing more partnering with the Houston Police Department," said Harris County Metro Transit Authority Chief Vera Bumpers. "We have increased our personnel as far as overtime. We are doing our best to ensure the safety of our citizens that are riding our system."Throughout the last month and a half, authorities say there have been seven shootings or stabbings on Houston Metro buses and trains.
The most recent Metro shooting occurred Wednesday evening at the Palm Center Transit Center. According to family members, 27-year-old Mary Kelly was shot several times as she exited a rail train."She was on the railroad going to go meet someone," said Aquarius Kelly, Mary’s sister. "I guess something happened at the wrong time."
"You’ve got good people and bad people," said Aquarius. "[And] some people that really just don’t care out here."
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