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Houston-area father shot to death with baby daughter in car

The dad’s bullet-riddled car was outside a Wells Fargo in Alief area

HOUSTON – A 23-year-old father, who was driving to take family photos with his 5-month-old daughter, was shot to death while the baby was inside the vehicle in the Alief area of southwest Houston, according to family at the scene.

A woman in the backseat grabbed the baby and held onto her when bullets started flying.

“It’s a small car with 4 people in it. You know, anytime you’ve got gunfire going in a car, it’s very dangerous,” said Lt. Larry Crowson with the Houston Police Department. “We’re lucky we didn’t have more injuries and deaths today.”

The shooting started along Beechnut Street near Beltway 8 and ended in the parking lot of a Wells Fargo bank.

The baby was not hurt.

The victim’s family told KPRC 2′s Bryce Newberry another man was in the front passenger seat. He was the victim’s 23-year-old roommate and also hurt during the shooting. He was taken to the hospital.

The victim’s vehicle has damage to its front-end and is riddled with bullet holes through the front and back windshields as well as a back passenger window.

Family members showed up at the crime scene throughout the night, full of grief and emotion. They say the victim was a loving father and hard worker. He worked security as a security officer.

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Investigators are trying to determine a motive.

“We don’t know if it was targeted, we don’t know if it’s road rage,” Lt. Crowson said.

Police believe the shooting happened around 4 p.m. and about half a mile down Beechnut from where the car ended up.

They found bullet casings stretching down the road all the way to the bank.

Investigators don’t have a suspect and are asking anyone with information to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or speak anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.


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Christian Terry covered digital news in Tyler and Wichita Falls before returning to the Houston area where he grew up. He is passionate about weather and the outdoors and often spends his days off on the water fishing.

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