21-year-old shot during road rage incident outside food truck dies, HCSO sheriff says
Angel Muniz-Acosta was reportedly backing out of a driveway with his girlfriend trying to get food when a suspect opened fire.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A 21-year-old man has died after deputies say he was shot during a road rage incident outside a taco truck on Sunday.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez with the Harris County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Angel Muniz-Acosta on Tuesday, adding that he had died from his injuries at the hospital.
The incident happened Sunday just after 4 p.m. on Freeport Street near Muscatine in east Harris County, and the shooter is still on the run.
Acosta was reportedly in his truck with his girlfriend, backing out of a driveway trying to get to a taco truck, when a dark-colored four-door car came speeding down the street and swerved around his vehicle.
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HCSO said the victim then yelled and flipped the driver off. That's when the suspect's vehicle slowed down, and a man allegedly shot at the couple from the passenger side door, hitting Acosta and eventually killing him.
When deputies arrived at the scene, they found the 21-year-old shot and his white pickup truck in the ditch. His 21-year-old girlfriend was not hurt.
"They were going to come get some food, but they didn't make it," Sgt. Sofia Silva with HCSO said the night of the incident.
Anyone with information on this case is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS as authorities work to track down the suspect in the deadly incident.
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