Police ID suspect in brutal beating

A second suspect in a brutal beating and failed robbery was identified Saturday, one day after the northwest Harris County attack that left a woman hospitalized in critical condition.

Travonn Johnson is wanted after authorities say he joined in on the attempted heist, then allegedly ran over the victims before fleeing. Another suspect, 31-yearold Davis Dowell Mitchell, was jailed without bond Friday in connection with the case.

The would-be thieves struck that morning around 9:30, when they zeroed in on a woman who’d just withdrawn $75,000 in cash from a bank and was pulling into a location in the 23200 block of Northwest Freeway, police said.

Through it all, the woman managed to hold onto her purse but was critically injured. She was taken to the hospital for surgery and is expected to live.

Afterward, a Harris County Precinct 4 constable deputy who drove up during the attack arrested Mitchell. He’s facing aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon charges and is not cooperating with the investigation, constables said.

Following the initial arrest at the scene, authorities went searching for the other suspects. On Saturday, Constable Mark Herman announced the charges against Johnson and urged him to surrender.

“We would encourage Travonn Johnson to turn himself in to law enforcement,” Herman said. “The teams of law enforcement that are currently looking for him are not helpless citizens and will approach him as the suspected violent individual he is.”