HPD clears person of interest of wrongdoing in deadly shooting in SW Houston Chili's parking lot

HOUSTON,Texas (KTRK) -- Houston police are no longer looking for a person of interest in the shooting death of a man found outside a Chili's parking lot on March 5.

On Thursday, HPD said they were looking for a man after 42-year-old Phillip Rogers was found shot in the restaurant's parking lot on Beltway 8.

Rogers was found with a gunshot wound in the driver's seat of his truck and was pronounced dead at the scene.

In an update on Friday, HPD said they spoke to the man they were looking for and cleared him of any wrongdoing or involvement in the investigation.

Anyone with information in the shooting is urged to call the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.

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