19-Year-Old Fatally Shot in Suspected Drive-By Shooting in West Harris County

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas. A 19-year-old man was killed in an apparent drive-by shooting early Friday morning at an intersection in west Harris County, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were dispatched at approximately 2:48 a.m. on July 10 to a reported drive-by shooting involving a vehicle stopped at the intersection of Farm Road 529 and the Grand Parkway (State Highway 99).

When deputies arrived, they found the 19-year-old victim unresponsive in the driver’s seat of his vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. Authorities said the vehicle’s engine was still running, and the passenger side had been struck numerous times by gunfire.

Emergency medical personnel pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

Investigators said family members used the vehicle’s GPS system to track its location and arrived at the scene shortly after deputies.

Homicide detectives and crime scene investigators determined the victim had been traveling westbound on Farm Road 529 toward the Grand Parkway when he stopped at the intersection.

According to the preliminary investigation, a gray sedan, possibly a Hyundai, pulled alongside the passenger side of the victim’s vehicle. One or more suspects then fired multiple rounds into the vehicle before fleeing the area.

Investigators have not identified a motive for the shooting, and no suspect information has been released.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit at 713-274-9100 or Houston Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).