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Houston Police Officers Pursue Suspect After Hitching Ride in Uber Vehicle
Just the facts
At approximately 12:20 a.m. on August 8, 2026, two Houston Police Department officers entered an Uber vehicle driven by United States Army veteran Anthony Baines in the Houston Heights neighborhood. The officers had been responding to a terroristic threat call involving a suspect accused of threatening a woman and her children. Baines drove the officers around the neighborhood for several minutes before both officers exited the vehicle to continue their search on foot. Houston police confirmed the authenticity of the dashcam footage and noted that the suspect was not located and remains under investigation.
Why this is news
Dashcam footage released by Uber driver Anthony Baines showed two Houston police officers entering his vehicle to search for a fleeing suspect in Texas.
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