Suspect accused of shooting man in carjacking and stealing another car in different area, police say

Sunday, April 24, 2022
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Police are looking for a suspect accused of shooting a man while attempting to carjack him and robbing another vehicle on the same night in southeast Houston.

Officers received a call of a shooting at 12:50 a.m. to the first scene located in the 3700 block of Dreyfus.

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The man said that he was in his driveway when the suspect, described by police as a black man wearing a red hoodie, approached him and said he was going to take his car. That is when the man ran inside his home and got his nephew, a holder of a concealed weapon.

The suspect then pulled out a gun, shot the vehicle owner, and left without taking anything, according to Lt. Izaguirre of HPD.

Police say within the hour, a second robbery took place where a person matching the description of the first scene took a Sonoma Toyota near the Tierwester area.



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Robbery investigators arrived on the scene at Dreyfus and determined that the shooting was tied to the robbery.

The man who was shot was taken to a nearby hospital.
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