BROTHERS AGED 6 AND 8 MANAGED TO STEER CAR OFF HOUSTON FREEWAY AFTER THEIR FATHER WAS SHOT DEAD

City announces $10K reward after father shot, killed while driving with his kids on East Freeway

 

By Briana Zamora-Nipper,

 

Click2Houston

August 22, 2021

 

 

The two boys somehow managed to steer the SUV to safety as their father lay slumped over the driver's seat

 

 

HOUSTON, Texas – A man was fatally shot late Friday while driving along the East Freeway. His two sons were in the car when the shooting occurred, police said.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Sunday a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of those involved in the deadly shooting. 

At approximately 10:40 p.m. officers with the Houston Police Department and the Jacinto City Police Department were dispatched to a location near the intersection of the East Freeway Service Rd and Holland Avenue in reference to reports of a shooting.

When officers arrived, they located a man dead in his vehicle.

Investigators believe the man was driving east in the main lanes of the East Freeway when he was shot in the head. The boys, aged 6 and 8, told officers they heard some sort of pop and initially thought someone had thrown a rock at the car.

When they saw their father slump over in his seat, they took control of the vehicle, using the steering wheel to guide it off the freeway and down the service road near Holland Avenue. Once the vehicle came to a rest, they immediately got out of the car and sought the help of a woman exiting a Chili’s restaurant nearby.

Neither of the boys sustained any injuries, police said.

Investigators are working to determine whether the shooting stemmed from a road rage incident or not.

The fatal shooting remains under investigation by the Houston Police Department Homicide Division. The investigation is in its early stages.