Man shot to death at Houston Gardens-area gas station where beloved clerk killed in 2022
Just one homicide was recorded in the last 12 months in this area, ABC13 Neighborhood Safety Tracker showed.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Houston Gardens gas station became a homicide investigation scene for the second time in 10 months when a man was shot to death Friday night.
The Houston Police Department said it began investigating the deadly shooting at 5:38 p.m. in the 6500 block of Homestead Road, which is on the city's northeast side.
An HPD tweet showed red crime scene tape laying on the ground next to a Valero-branded gas pump.
"The only information we have right now is the male was outside of the convenience store when he was approached by a male with a gun," HPD Lt. Larry Crowson said at the scene. "There was some type of interaction, and then the male shot the victim. It might be a robbery. We're trying to firm that up right now. There is surveillance video. Our officers are looking at that."
ABC13 Neighborhood Safety Tracker counted just one homicide in the designated Houston Gardens-Rosewood-Homestead area where the shooting unfolded.
In a tragic twist, that one homicide happened at the same filling station. Back in March 2022, Jhon Dias, 26, was found shot in a backroom of his workplace, V Stop Food Mart.
In the months following Dias' death, police feverishly released surveillance video of a potential suspect in the hopes to catch him.
Four months later, in July 2022, police identified and arrested 24-year-old Jaquel Raheem Carruth on capital murder. An HPD release stated Carruth entered the store with a firearm, intending to commit a robbery. Dias died as a result.
Carruth was arrested in Georgia.
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