http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:44:21 +0000 http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/fd75af295a054bfe9d0d6dae5a303435 Police are looking for who fatally shot a 16-year-old Houston girl as she walked her dog. The teenager, Diamond Alvarez, was only a few blocks away from her home when police say she was shot multiple times (Jan. 14) fd75af295a054bfe9d0d6dae5a303435 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:53:45 +0000 SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY: NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; PART CREDIT KTRK; NO ACCESS HOUSTON; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKS; PART CREDIT ANNA MACHADO++MUSIC CLEARED FOR USE++++AUDIO ON SOUNDBITES AS INCOMING++KTRK -- NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; PART CREDIT KTRK; NO ACCESS HOUSTON; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKSHouston -- 11 January 20221. Various evening shots of scene after shooting ANNOTATION: Houston police are looking for who killed a 16-year-old girl as she walked her dog. KTRK -- NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; PART CREDIT KTRK; NO ACCESS HOUSTON; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKSHouston -- 12 January 20222. Officer questioning neighbors 3. The dog that Diamond Alvarez was walking when she was shot ANNOTATION: Diamond Alvarez was shot multiple times. VALIDATED UGC - MUST CREDIT ANNA MACHADO++USER GENERATED CONTENT: This video has been authenticated by AP based on the following validation checks:++Video and audio content checked by regional experts against known locations and events++Video is consistent with independent AP reporting++Video cleared for use by all AP clients by Anna Machado++Mandatory on-screen credit Anna MachadoUnknown location -- Unknown date4. Diamond Alvarez looking at camera KTRK -- NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; PART CREDIT KTRK; NO ACCESS HOUSTON; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKSHouston -- 12 January 20225. The dog that Diamond Alvarez was walking when she was shot ANNOTATION: When the family heard gunshots and the dog returned without Alvarez, they went to look for her.6. Various daytime shots of neighborhood where Alvarez lived ASSOCIATED PRESSHouston, Texas -- 13 January 2022++AUDIO AS INCOMING++7. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna Machado, Diamond Alvarez's Mother:"When I got here, I started screaming her name and, and then I heard a voice say 'CPR,' and I started doing CPR, and I tried and I tried and I tried and."++WHITE FLASH++8. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna Machado, Diamond Alvarez's Mother: "And I seen her that it was nothing else I could do, I just started telling her how much I loved her. And 'I'm always here.'"KTRK -- NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; PART CREDIT KTRK; NO ACCESS HOUSTON; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKSHouston -- 11 January 20229. Various night shots of law enforcement on scene after shootingANNOTATION: Police say witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots and then the sound of tires squealing as a possibly dark vehicle drove off.ASSOCIATED PRESSHouston -- 13 January 2022++AUDIO AS INCOMING++10. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna Machado, Diamond Alvarez's Mother:++PARTIALLY COVERED++"She didn't get to graduate. She didn't get to get her diploma. She didn't get to be a mother. A wedding. Kids. Nothing."VALIDATED UGC - MUST CREDIT ANNA MACHADO++USER GENERATED CONTENT: This video has been authenticated by AP based on the following validation checks:++Video and audio content checked by regional experts against known locations and events++Video is consistent with independent AP reporting++Video cleared for use by all AP clients by Anna Machado++Mandatory on-screen credit Anna MachadoUnknown location -- Unknown date11. Two videos of Diamond Alvarez looking at camera ++MUTE++KTRK -- NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; PART CREDIT KTRK; NO ACCESS HOUSTON; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKSHouston -- 12 January 202212. Various of memorial ASSOCIATED PRESSHouston -- 13 January 2022++AUDIO AS INCOMING++13. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna Machado, Diamond Alvarez's Mother:++PARTIALLY COVERED++"Someone knows to come out and speak up. I mean, who would want someone to be out there like that, that dangerous?"STORYLINE:Like she did most days, 16-year-old Diamond Alvarez walked her family's dog Peanut in her southwest Houston neighborhood on Tuesday evening.  Since it was already dark, her mother, Anna Machado, told her to only stay out 20 minutes and then return home. But Diamond never came back as she was fatally shot around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday a couple of blocks away on the side of a street near a grassy field where all the neighborhood children play. Her family found her body by the greenspace after Peanut ran home without Diamond. Machado tried to revive her daughter by performing CPR, but it was too late.  "I tried and I tried and I tried and, and I seen her that it was nothing else I could do, I just started telling her how much I loved her. And 'I'm always here,'" Machado said.  Houston police on Thursday continued looking for who shot Diamond multiple times. Police say that witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots and then the sound of tires squealing as a possibly dark vehicle fled the scene. Investigators have not commented on a possible motive for the shooting.  Machado said when her brother heard the gunshots, she twice phoned Diamond, but the calls went straight to voicemail.  Thursday afternoon, Machado and other family members and friends gathered at a makeshift memorial with candles, stuffed animals and balloons set up near where her body was found and fondly remembered Diamond as a happy person who worked hard, loved school and dreamed of being a beautician one day.  "And she didn't get to graduate," Machado said of her daughter, who was a sophomore in high school. "She didn't get her diploma. She didn't get to be a mother, wedding, kids, nothing."Diamond's uncle, Roberto Mejia, said Diamond brought joy to everyone she met.  "We just can't believe that something so horrible would happen to a sweet person like that," Mejia said.  ===========================================================Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Police are looking for who fatally shot a 16-year-old Houston girl as she walked her dog. The teenager, Diamond Alvarez, was only a few blocks away from her home when police say she was shot multiple times (Jan. 14) Houston girl, 16, fatally shot as she walked dog