HOUSTON — Two people are in the hospital after being shot during a robbery near the Rice Village area early Monday morning, according to the Houston Police Department.
One victim, a woman, is in critical condition, while the other, a man, is in stable condition, police said.
Houston police said it was around 1:15 a.m. when a woman and man were walking toward their car when they were robbed and shot. Police believe they were followed.
This happened on Sunset Boulevard near Morningside Drive.
“Male suspect. We don't know the race yet,” HPD Lt. Gutierrez said. “Came out of the vehicle that was waiting out front of them in front of the business, and kind of from what appears that they were followed and they were robbed in the rear side of the business and, were shot in the stomach.”
Police are still looking for the person they believe is responsible for the shooting.
Surveillance video shared with KHOU 11 News shows a man getting into a white vehicle. That man is the suspect police continue to look for Monday morning.
Police said he took off in the vehicle toward Kirby Drive. If you have any information, you’re asked to call the Houston police.