HOUSTON – Houston Police are searching for whoever injured six people and killed three in a drive-by shooting on Houston’s northeast side.
It happened around 2:30 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Laura Koppe and Lockwood. That’s where police said there was some type of block party – and someone drove by and fired shots into the crowd.
Police say the three men who were killed were in their early 20s. The third fatality wasn’t reported until Saturday night.
One man, who didn’t want to be identified was working his food truck when it happened.
“I literally watched it, in front of my truck,” he told KPRC 2 reporter T.J. Parker.
Keidron Taylor talked with us after he left the hospital. He says his foot was grazed with a bullet.
“Just a regular hangout, until things went left,” says Taylor.
He adds, “I just heard shots,” before he was hit and raced to the hospital.
Police say the suspect vehicle is a white truck that was headed westbound on Laura Koppe when someone inside the truck opened fire.
Police found two different calibers of shell casings on the scene.
Jerry Ross, who has lived in the neighborhood his whole life says he’s not surprised this happened.
“There’s a lot of problems around here,” he says.
Knowing eleven people were shot and two killed, Ross got emotional.
“Just sad because they’re probably mothers and fathers themselves.”
Police are reviewing surveillance video and talking to people who witnessed the shooting in hopes of catching whoever did this.
They’re asking if anyone knows anything to call HPD or crime stoppers at 713-222-TIPS
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