Four people, including the suspect, have died after a gunman went on a shooting spree across two cities in Texas
Four people, including the suspect, have died after a gunman went on a shooting spree across two cities in Texas.
Local authorities believe the two incidents, which occurred in Sugar Land and an auto shop southwest of downtown Houston, are likely connected.
The Houston Police Department said the suspected shooter had died by suicide.
On Wednesday, Oct. 8, just before 1 p.m. local time, authorities responded to a shooting in the 12900 block of Dairy Ashford Road in the city of Sugar Land, which is southwest of Houston, per a press release shared on the Sugar Land Police Department’s (SLPD) Facebook page.
“Upon arriving on the scene within minutes, SLPD officers discovered one female, with several gunshot wounds, in the driver seat of a white SUV that had gone off the road,” SLPD said.
“Two civilian witnesses assisted as officers performed lifesaving measures until EMS arrived shortly thereafter, transporting the woman to Ben Taub Hospital, where she was pronounced deceased,” police continued.
Officers “immediately distributed” a “Be On the Look Out” alert of the suspect vehicle, a gray SUV, to nearby agencies, police said in the post.
“At this time, we have learned the suspect and victim had a relationship and that this incident was not a random act of road-rage violence,” the SLPD added, confirming officers were “coordinating with the Houston Police Department to understand the connection, if any, to two more shootings and a suicide within Houston city limits.”
Approximately 30 minutes after the Sugar Land shooting, the same gunman was thought to have shot a mechanic around six miles away following an altercation at an auto shop southwest of downtown Houston, NBC News reported, citing Houston Police lieutenant Larry Crowson.
“We just know that the guy involved in the shooting there in Sugar Land drove to this location, went to the mechanic shop,” the officer said during a news conference, per the outlet.
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