Media Briefing: Mother Fatally Shot with 3-Year-Old in Car at 2800 W. Gulf Bank Rd. I Houston Police

Asst Chief Jessica Anderson briefs the media on a fatal shooting in the 2800 block of W. Gulf Bank Rd.

At approximately 2:45am, HPD received reports of a shooting that just occurred at the above address. Officers arrived to find a vehicle crashed on the side of the road. Inside, they found a female driver deceased from a gunshot wound. A male passenger had multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to a hospital for immediate surgery. An uninjured 3-year-old boy was in the backseat.

According to a witness, the victims' vehicle and another vehicle were traveling eastbound on West Gulf Bank Road when a suspect(s) in that other vehicle began to shoot at the victims' vehicle. The witness stated the suspect vehicle had a tire blow out after it hit the curb and left the scene. Officers located a vehicle nearby with matching damage and detained two people. The two individuals were questioned and released without charges filed at this time. It is believed a third individual, the shooter, fled on foot prior to officers' arrival.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

Houston Police Department
Office of Community Affairs

[rdcoastborntexasrasied]

This not random act of violence we gotta live right and do right by ppl if needed move out of high crime areas simple