Another violent night of shootings across Houston area

Saturday, April 25, 2020

At least three people were shot within five hours in unrelated incidents across the city overnight.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- It was another night of violence across the Houston area as shootings and robberies erupted in unrelated incidents.

From a woman shot while driving to a mother allegedly murdered by her son, three people were shot within a five hour time frame.

The latest shooting happened around 2:45 a.m. in north Harris County along Adel Road. A woman said she was driving near Hugh Road when shots rang out from out of nowhere.

The woman was hit in the arm. Photos taken by a Harris County Sheriff's captain showed the woman's truck damaged by gunshots.

There was no description of the shooter.

Late Friday night on Houston's south side, a pizza delivery driver was shot and robbed at an apartment complex.

It happened around 10:15 p.m. on Reed Road near Highway 288. The driver was shot in the hip at the complex.

He drove back to the Pizza Hut on Cullen and was transported to a hospital. He's expected to survive, authorities said.

Farther south, a mother was shot and killed inside her parents' home in southeast Harris County in what deputies described as a domestic disturbance involving the woman's son.

It happened around 12:20 a.m. Saturday at a home in the 10100 block of Sagedale Drive. The 37-year-old woman was reportedly shot several times by her 20-year-old son, according to Harris County deputies.

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