Frantic neighbors call for help as shots fired at Pearland home
PEARLAND, TX (KTRK) -- A Pearland father is dead and now police are trying to find his killer. It happened on Windy Shores Drive Sunday night.
Pearland police responded to calls about a shooting on Windy Shores Drive near Shadow Creek Parkway just after 7pm Sunday. The victim is 49-year-old Don Weido.
His father John Weido said, "He was a good man, he was a good loving father, good Christian man."
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John Weido rushed to his son's home late Sunday night after Pearland Police told him someone shot his son.
"Apparently he went to the front door and on the right side of the floor was a fixed glass, he always looked out that glass and apparently when he looked out they shot him five or six times," John said.
Neighbors say they heard those shots and then looked outside as a car drove away from the home.
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Neighbor Monica Winn said, "There was a man sitting outside on his front porch and he said he seen a Ford Taurus drive up, two men came out of the house. This was after the shooting, they came out, walked to the car, and just drove off as if nothing happened."
Weido's father says his son is divorced and has custody of a 5-year-old boy who was staying with his mother this weekend.
Family members tell us do not know why something like this would happen.
The police investigation is continuing.
