HOUSTON – A man has been sentenced to serve 20 years in prison and was fined $10,000 for shooting an innocent shopper in a Kroger’s parking lot in the Jersey Village area, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.
Kendrick Green, 37, was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for shooting a 33-year-old man at the grocery store, located at 9125 W. Sam Houston Parkway.
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Prosecutors said, on Aug. 6, 2021, Green was driving a Lexus SUV with a woman he had been dating for about a month when they got into an argument. She wanted to be dropped off at her home, and he did not want to take her there. During the argument, he pulled out a handgun.
When they stopped at the Kroger, the woman ran into the store and hid in the women’s restroom, according to prosecutors.
Witnesses said they saw Green shouting outside the grocery store, and then he started shouting at a man who was loading groceries into his red Mercedes sedan. When the Mercedes driver got into his car, Green got into his Lexus, circled the parking lot and pulled up next to the victim.
Prosecutors said the victim drove toward the front of the store for safety. Green then pull up next to the car and both men rolled down their windows. Green began yelling at the victim and then opened fire.
Green allegedly fired eight shots into the door of the Mercedes, hitting the victim in his arms and torso at least five times and grazing his neck and chin.
Both men drove away, but after Green was gone, the victim returned the store to get help.
“The citizens of Harris County are tired of gun violence, especially a case like this in which an incident of domestic abuse led to an innocent shopper being shot six times,” Ogg said. “Innocent people should not have to worry about being shot while putting their groceries in their car.”
Assistant District Attorney Winston Griner, who prosecuted the case with ADA Danielle Oxford, said the victim spent months in recovery and had several surgeries because of the incident.
“This was a senseless and egregious crime,” Griner said. “The defendant targeted a complete stranger, someone he never met, and then pursued him and almost killed him.”