Houston Police are on the hunt for a group of teenagers who allegedly attacked and fatally shot a 49-year-old man walking in north Houston on May 9.
Detectives C. Vaughn and W. Dunn, investigators from the Houston Police Department Homicide Division, said officers responded to the scene of the incident near the intersection of Fulton and East Crosstimbers streets at approximately 8:40 p.m.
Upon arrival, officers found the man who had been shot once in the chest and took him to an area hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.
Officers learned that the victim had allegedly gotten into a physical altercation with a group of teenagers — two males and four females — before one of the male suspects reportedly shot the man and fled with the others to a nearby bus stop.
Police did not say what led to the altercation between the victim and the teenagers.
KHOU 11 News obtained footage of the incident caught by a surveillance camera from a nearby business. In the footage, the victim can be seen swinging his cane at the teenagers in an attempt to get them off his back.
Police added that the four females were trying to get the boys to leave the man, but one of the male teenagers turned around as they were leaving and fired a shot, striking the 49-year-old man in the chest.
“It’s getting bad out here,” Jonathan Martinez, a nearby employee told KHOU 11 News. “I read the Bible. I just hope justice gets served. I mean, either way, it’s going to come back around one way or another, whether it’s in court or, you know, karma.”
Martinez said he saw the 49-year-old laying on the ground when the paramedics came.
Houston Police described the suspects as two black males — 16 to 18 years of age — and four black females between 14 to 16 years old.
Anyone with information that might lead to an arrest is urged to contact the Houston Police Department Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.
