HOUSTON — Police are searching for a gunman after a security guard working at Club Onyx was killed early Wednesday morning, according to the Houston Police Department.
The security guard who was shot and killed was identified as 32-year-old DeLaunte Maxie, according to his father and sister.
Investigators released surveillance photos of the suspected shooter and the SUV he left in following the deadly shooting. Later Wednesday morning, another surveillance photo was released of both the suspected shooter and a person of interest who was seen with him inside of the club.
The vehicle is described as a black-colored Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk with black rims and a paper tag license plate.
What happened
This happened just after 3 a.m. at the club on Bering Drive near Richmond Avenue just west of the Galleria area.
Houston police said investigators are still gathering details but the deadly incident started when a man got into an argument about his girlfriend. It is unclear who he got into an argument with, but one security guard asked him to leave the club.
Before the man left, police said he showed a rifle before he got into his SUV and drove away, police said.
Police said the gunman came back and that is when a second security guard, Maxie, stepped out onto the street and asked him to leave again. The gunman opened fire on Maxie from his SUV, hitting him in the torso before taking off again.
The first security guard opened fire at the SUV as it sped away, police said.
Maxie was rushed to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead, police said.
Maxie's family said he was a father of four girls with the youngest being 3 years old.
They said he had followed in his father’s footsteps and became a security guard too. Maxie had been a security guard for more than 10 years. He was described as a kind and loving father.
His father is demanding justice and wants the suspected shooter to turn himself in.
