Truck driver finds woman shot to death on side of road in east Houston

Wednesday, February 2, 2022
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Investigators are searching for a gunman after a woman was found shot to death next to a road in east Houston overnight.

Houston police were responding to a nearby domestic violence call around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday when they were flagged down by a truck driver who reported hearing gunshots and seeing a woman lying on the side of the road.
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Officers found a 44-year-old woman who had been shot multiple times in the chest in the 13600 block of Nimitz Street near Evanston.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Investigators said they're reviewing surveillance video in the area to determine exactly what happened.

Police said the suspect(s) in the shooting fled the scene in a white Dodge Charger with a black spoiler on the trunk.



They released a photo of the suspect vehicle and said the same car, with reports of a suspect(s) discharging a weapon, had been seen in the area multiple times.



Anyone with information is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or speak anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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