HOUSTON – Police are searching for a third suspect after two people were detained after a shooting on Highway 288 in southeast Houston Wednesday morning.
Officers responded to reports of the shooting on Highway 288 at US-59 around 10 a.m. after an off-duty sergeant spotted the scene while on the way to work.
Houston police said the two people who were detained told officers they were carjacked by a man near the highway. After the carjacking, the two alleged victims said they started chasing the suspect who then started firing shots toward them, and in return, they returned fire. Police said no one was injured during the exchange of gunfire.
Police searched an area in the 2200 block of Rosewood for the carjacking suspect, but could not find him.
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