The sufferer instructed responding officers that two males ran up, shot him a number of instances, dragged him from his automobile, and drove away.
HOUSTON — A rideshare driver was shot and killed throughout a carjacking on the south facet early Tuesday morning, in accordance with the Houston Police Division.
Officers responded to the scene round 2 a.m. on Ward Avenue close to Conley Avenue and located a person in his late twenties affected by a number of gunshot wounds. The sufferer instructed responding officers that two males ran up, shot him a number of instances, dragged him from his automobile, and drove away.
Police mentioned the stolen automobile was a black Hyundai Sonata, which was recovered roughly eight blocks away on a dead-end road at Goforth and Dreyfus.
Police mentioned the sufferer was taken to the hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless.
HPD Det. Alexander Vinogradov mentioned the sufferer offered restricted particulars earlier than his demise. Authorities recovered the sufferer’s pockets and mobile phone on the scene.
The carjacking occurred in an space police say has skilled a number of related incidents concentrating on rideshare drivers in latest months.
“This isn’t the primary incident of an Uber or Lyft driver being carjacked on this space,” Vinogradov mentioned. “We have to put an finish to it as quickly as we are able to.”
Police urged rideshare drivers to make use of further warning when choosing up and dropping off.
Police imagine the suspects might have emerged from a close-by darkish discipline and urged residents to overview their surveillance footage. Investigators have been working to find out if the sufferer was focused via a rideshare request.
Anybody with info ought to contact HPD’s Murder Division or Crime Stoppers.
