Man who fled police with tiger arrested after high-speed pursuit
Man with tiger arrested after high-speed chase with police
Replay Video UP NEXT When Maria Torres and her sister-in-law got an emergency notification on the Nextdoor app Sunday night, they had to do a double-take. It said a tiger was on the loose in a nearby Houston neighborhood. Instead of staying in the house with their doors locked, the two women went on an impromptu safari. We got in the car and went to check it out, Torres told ABC News on Monday. When they reached Ivy Wall Drive in west Houston, they could barely believe their eyes. Torres took out her cell phone and started recording several people confronting a striped Bengal tiger, including an off-duty law enforcement officer backpedaling with his gun aimed at the big cat.
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(HOUSTON) When Maria Torres and her sister-in-law got an emergency notification on the Nextdoor app Sunday night, they had to do a double-take: it said a tiger was on the loose on a nearby Houston neighborhood.
Instead of staying in the house with their doors locked, the two women went on an impromptu safari. We got in the car and went to check it out, Torres told ABC News on Monday.
When they reached Ivy Wall Drive in west Houston, they could barely believe their eyes. Torres took out her cell phone and started recording several people confronting a striped Bengal tiger, including an off-duty law enforcement officer back-peddling with his gun aimed at big cat.
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A resident of a west Houston neighborhood on Sunday night reported a loose Bengal tiger lying in a front yard in May 2021.OnScene TVShow MoreShow Less
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A resident of a west Houston neighborhood on Sunday night reported a loose Bengal tiger lying in a front yard in May 2021.OnScene TVShow MoreShow Less
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A resident of a west Houston neighborhood on Sunday night reported a loose Bengal tiger lying in a front yard in May 2021.OnScene TVShow MoreShow Less
4of10Houston Police Commander Ronald Borza enters the backyard of the house where a tiger escaped from last night before it was found roaming on the 1100 block of Ivy Wall Drive, on Monday, May 10, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Man who fled police with tiger arrested after high-speed pursuit
Man with tiger arrested after high-speed chase with police
Replay Video UP NEXT When Maria Torres and her sister-in-law got an emergency notification on the Nextdoor app Sunday night, they had to do a double-take. It said a tiger was on the loose in a nearby Houston neighborhood. Instead of staying in the house with their doors locked, the two women went on an impromptu safari. We got in the car and went to check it out, Torres told ABC News on Monday. When they reached Ivy Wall Drive in west Houston, they could barely believe their eyes. Torres took out her cell phone and started recording several people confronting a striped Bengal tiger, including an off-duty law enforcement officer backpedaling with his gun aimed at the big cat.
Owner of Houston tiger arrested after ditching police in high-speed pursuit
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Man with tiger arrested after high-speed chase with police
Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, was taken into custody by Houston police after allegedly fleeing the scene with a Bengal tiger on Sunday night. Law enforcement is still searching for the escaped tiger. Maria Torres
When Maria Torres and her sister-in-law got an emergency notification on the Nextdoor app Sunday night, they had to do a double-take. It said a tiger was on the loose in a nearby Houston neighborhood.
Instead of staying in the house with their doors locked, the two women went on an impromptu safari.