HOUSTON — Houston police are looking for a driver who opened fire on another driver early Thursday on the city's southeast side.
The shooting was reported in the 7300 block of Cullen before 1 a.m.
Police said someone pulled up next to a white SUV and opened fire on the driver. The SUV then crashed into a furniture store.
Police said the driver, age 29, died at the scene, but his passenger, a woman, was not seriously hurt. The suspect vehicle fled in an unknown direction. The motive us unknown as well.
Officers said the victim was at a gas station just before the shooting. The man's name has not been formally released.
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.
Partial statement from HPD:
"HPD patrol officers responded to a shooting at the above address and found a female standing in the middle of the street, waving them down for help. Officers then found a male with gunshot wounds in the driver's seat of a vehicle. Houston Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced him deceased.
The female stated she was in the vehicle with the male headed to their destination when a suspect(s) in an unknown vehicle opened fire and struck the driver's side multiple times. The victims' vehicle crashed into a nearby building and the suspect(s) fled the scene. The female suffered minor lacerations from broken glass."