Man shot and killed while waiting for food at taco truck in north Houston

Monday, May 30, 2022
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Police say a man was shot and killed overnight after he ordered from a taco truck.

The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. Sunday on Irvington Boulevard and Caperton Street in north Houston.
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Investigators said a man was sitting in his car, waiting for his food, when two unidentified men approached him, pulled out their guns, and fired.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police did not mention a motive for the shooting, but investigators were looking into surveillance video in the area.

NOTE: Houston police initially reported that the man's wife was with him at the time of the shooting, but later provided an update that he was alone.
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