HOUSTON – Officers with the Houston Police Department are investigating after a man was fatally shot in the head while eating at a southwest Houston restaurant Monday afternoon.
Police arrived at a seafood restaurant located in the 9700 block of Beechnut Street near Beltway 8 at around 3:30 p.m.
Investigators told KPRC 2′s Deven Clarke that the man was a customer eating and having a drink at the restaurant patio. At some point, another man approached him and an argument ensued between them.
That man pulled out a gun and shot the victim in the head, police said. He died at the scene.
He fled the scene before officers arrived.
Surveillance photos obtained by police showed a man wearing a black shirt and a black cap.
Anyone with information in this case is asked to call HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.