Man found shot to death in driver's seat of a truck in northeast Houston

KTRK logo
Saturday, March 9, 2019
1 dead, 1 injured after shooting in northeast Houston
1 dead, 1 injured after shooting in northeast Houston

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Police are investigating after a man was found shot to death in the driver's seat of a truck Saturday morning.

Authorities responded to the deadly shooting on Collingsworth near Chapman around 2:45 a.m.

A second man was also found shot near the same truck. He was transported to the hospital in critical condition.

The man who was killed was identified by his family as 54-year-old Jose Jorge Lopez.

"My family is grieving real bad. I have to be strong," Lopez' brother Eduardo said.

The family told Eyewitness News that Lopez was a carpenter with three children.

"Everybody who knows him, knows he's a good person. He didn't hurt nobody," Eduardo said.

Police say the truck was near a bar at the time of the shooting, but it's not clear what led up to the deadly shooting.