Houston police are urging anyone who witnessed or has information on the shooting of two motorists Thursday evening on Interstate 10.
What began as a crash involving two cars headed eastbound on Interstate 10, turned fatal. Houston Police Assistant Chief Bobby Dobbins said during a news conference, “One of the vehicles struck the other vehicle and spun it out, similar to a pit maneuver.”
Two occupants of the vehicle that rammed the other car got out, Dobbins continued, revealing one was carrying a gun. The shooter, described by a witness as a Hispanic male, fired multiple shots at the car that had been hit as it rolled down a hill.
Dobbins said police found narcotics in the car of the two victims, who were both middle-aged black men, but did not further identify them. “Road rage? An accident? Narcotics? We just don’t know, yet so I won’t speculate,” he added.
According to CNN, one of the witnesses who had a pistol in his car, fired several shots at the shooter once he turned towards him. It’s unclear whether a bullet from the witness struck the initial gunman. He ran back up the hill, got into his car and sped away, Dobbins said.
“We don’t have a good description of the (shooter’s) vehicle,” he said. “We believe it was a sedan, but we cannot tell you the model yet.”
