Dive team search suspended after witnesses report woman swept away in Brays Bayou, HFD says

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Saturday, May 2, 2026
Dive team suspends search after reports of woman in Brays Bayou: HFD

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston Fire Department said crews never found a victim as they searched Brays Bayou after witnesses reported a woman being swept away in its current.

According to HFD, several crews assisted by the Houston Police Department Dive Team responded to the waterway along Chimney Rock Road and South Braeswood Boulevard in southwest Houston.

Eyewitness News first reported the search underway shortly before 6 p.m. on Friday, and fire officials announced the search was suspended shortly after 7:30 p.m.

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