Man found shot to death outside Chulas Sports Cantina in north Harris County … – KPRC Houston
NAACP WANTS SEVERAL SCHOOLS RENAMED. BUT FIRST, BREAKING NEWS. A MAN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH RIGHT OUTSIDE OF A RESTAURANT. WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU THIS STORY AT 4:00 AND THEN AGAIN AT 5:00 AND NEW SINCE 5:00, WE’VE LEARNED THAT THE SHOOTER STOLE THAT VICTIM’S CAR AND WAS IN A POLICE CHASE. CHANNEL 2’S ANOUSHA RASTA JOINING US LIVE OUTSIDE THAT CHULA’S OFF THE NORTH FREEWAY. AND TELL US WHAT YOU WERE JUST TOLD BY INVESTIGATORS. Reporter: WELL, KEITH, WE HEARD FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO AND THEY SAY IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WAS A ROBBERY THAT ENDED WITH A SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD. NOW, ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT DEAD OUTSIDE THIS CHULA SPORTS CAR WAS A 38-YEAR-OLD AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS EATING AT THE RESTAURANT WITH SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE AND WHEN THEY WERE DONE EATING AND LEFT, THAT’S WHEN WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THEY HEARD TBOIFER. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE GUNMAN SHOT THE 38-YEAR-OLD MAN DEAD AND STOLE HIS CAR. THE GUNMAN THEN ALLEGEDLY DROVE OFF AND GOT IN TWO SEPARATE CAR ACCIDENTS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE GUY EVENTUALLY JUMPED OUT OF THE STOLEN CAR AND TRIES TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT BUT POLICE OFFICERS CATCH UP WITH HIM AND ARREST HIM. SUSPECT HAPPENED TO BE IN OUR VICTIM’S VEHICLE. AND HAD SOME OF THE VICTIM’S PROPERTY. SO IT APPEARS RIGHT NOW THAT IT WAS A ROBBERY THAT TOOK PLACE AND OUR VICTIM WAS KILLED DURING THE AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. Reporter: AND THE CHASE ENDED IN NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY NEAR ELLA AND WEST 4 THATrd STREET. AT THIS POINT HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS NOT IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM OR THE GUNMAN AND THEY WON’T SAY WHETHER OR NOT THE TWO KNEW EACH OTHER.