HPD looking for suspect who shot man in the head with 'hand cannon' on Houston's southside

Wednesday, January 5, 2022
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston police are looking for a suspect who shot a man on Houston's southside with an unusual weapon.

Just before 9 p.m. Tuesday, HPD arrived to the parking lot of a shaved ice business in the 12800 block of Cullen Boulevard.
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Investigators said two men were arguing when things escalated.

One of them pulled out what officers are calling a "hand cannon," which is a handgun that fires shotgun shells, and shot the other man in the head.
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The victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.

Police say the gunman got away in a blue colored pickup.
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