HOUSTON — (HOUSTON) -- Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a spate of robberies along a popular Houston bike trail, as police look for more suspects in the attacks, authorities said Tuesday.
Since May 16, five people have been robbed and assaulted and"held up at gunpoint" while riding along the Columbia Tap Bike Trail, according to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. In the most recent incident, which occurred on Memorial Day, a victim was shot in the leg, police said.Two male juveniles, both 17, have since been charged with robbery and evading arrest, police announced Tuesday. A third suspect has been identified but not yet arrested, police said.
The Columbia Tap Bike Trail runs through Houston's Third Ward neighborhood. Police presence along the trail has been increased amid the attacks, which primarily have been committed in the late evening, authorities said. "We want to make sure that cyclists, those who are walking on these trails, those who are riding on these trails, that they feel safe in doing so," Turner told reporters Tuesday.
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