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HPD: Men had backpack full of pot as they drove on I-45 firing gun into air

The men allegedly sped past a police sergeant who was stopped on the frontage road.

HOUSTON — Two men were arrested early Monday after they allegedly fired a gun into the air while traveling on I-45 the Gulf Freeway.

A Houston police sergeant says at about 2:15 a.m. he was sitting on the northbound frontage road of the freeway when the suspects went by in an older Cadillac shooting into the air from a car window.

The sergeant chased after them, and the suspects pulled over in a parking lot near FM 518.

Police at the scene say both men were arrested after officers found a backpack full of marijuana. Two guns were recovered as well.

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