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Residents press Rosenberg council over block party that drew gunfire and limited police response
Summary
Residents from Callaway Cove and the Reserve at Brazos Town Center told the Rosenberg City Council that repeated calls to Rosenberg Police Department after a Jan. 3 block party that they say involved gunfire and hundreds of attendees were met with transient patrol responses; several speakers urged sustained police presence and clearer follow-up.
Residents described a night of escalating neighborhood disorder and urged Rosenberg leaders to change how the city deploys police.
"Why was this party not broken up?" Christina Rios asked the council, saying she and neighbors repeatedly called Rosenberg Police Department after what she estimated as more than 75 juveniles and young adults spilled into the street and gunshots rang out. Rios, who gave her address to the council, said officers arrived, shone lights and left within minutes while the gathering resumed.
Mark Freeman, president of the Reserve at Brazos Town…
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