Houston police have issued 300 tickets to drivers in just a few days, offering some comfort to a grieving father whose daughter was killed in a road rage incident.
HOUSTON — Texas leads the nation in road rage incidents, and after just a few days, Houston police say a new crackdown on highway violence is paying off. HPD has issued more than 300 citations in a matter of days.
That’s good news for one father still looking for answers after his daughter was killed on a Houston highway. Police say Louise Wilson was gunned down on I-45 in a suspected road rage shooting in December 2024.
“It’s just horrible,” said Daniel Wilson, Louis’s father. “Just yesterday, I went out and visited with Louise at her grave and that’s how I got to spend my Father’s Day.”
He remembers that loss and uses the grief as fuel to work and solve this problem.
Since Louise’s killing, he’s been advocating for solutions, eventually seeing a bill make it to the governor’s desk.
“If you don’t hit a car or hit a property when you’re shooting from a car, you don’t get credit for being a bad shot anymore,” he said. “You are going to be tried and brought up on first-degree felony.”
He’s applauding Mayor John Whitmire and the Houston police department for this latest crackdown, aimed at improving reported traffic incidents like speeding and road rage.
“They’re showing their presence and they’re allowing people to think twice that they’re going to get away with something like that,” Wilson said.
HPD says in the last few days, officers have written 300 citations, saying this is part of the department’s holistic approach to improve public safety.
Driver Sethionia Handy says from time to time she’s had to calm herself down.
“It is always something and yes, I do have to tamper down my energy sometimes,” she said.
When asked what message she had for people who let their anger get the best, Handy offered this perspective.
“It’s really not that serious,” she said. “Make it home to your families. Let other people make it home to their families. It’s enough going on just make it home. It’s not that serious.
The suspect in Louise’s death still hasn’t been captured, and Crime Stoppers is offering a reward. House Bill 2621, which would require Transtar cameras to record, stalled in the Texas Senate. Wilson hopes to have it introduced again next session.