Crime Stoppers and the Houston Police
Department’s Robbery Division need the public's assistance identifying the
suspect responsible for robbery by force (purse snatching).
On Sunday, April 30, 2017 at
approximately 10:30 AM, the complainant was in the parking lot at the Hong Kong
Food Market putting groceries into her vehicle at the 9800 block of Gulf
Freeway, in Houston, Texas. The complainant stated a silver four door vehicle
pulled up behind her and an unknown black male exited the passenger door of the
vehicle and approached her and forcibly took her purse from her, causing her to
fall to the ground. The suspect then got back into the vehicle and fled the
scene. HPD case #538870-17
Suspect description(s):
Suspect #1: Black male, 20 to 25 years
old, 5’10 to 6’00 tall, black hair, brown eyes, medium complexion, black shirt,
black pants.
