Houston road rage shooting on I-610 West Loop leaves man injured
HOUSTON - A man drove himself to a gas station after he was shot in an apparent road rage shooting on a Houston highway, police say.
Around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to a gas station in the 4400 block of San Felipe, where a driver with a gunshot wound had pulled over.
Police say the shooting actually happened on the roadway. The 29-year-old man reported that he was driving on US-59 when he accelerated past a gray pickup truck. The pickup truck reportedly passed him, and then the man passed the pickup truck again.
The man then got onto the I-610 ramp to go north on the West Loop. Police say when he got off of the ramp, the truck pulled up again, and the man heard some popping sounds.
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He didn’t know what it was right away but pulled over at the gas station and noticed that he had been shot, authorities say. The man was taken to the hospital.
There is no description of the suspect in the grey pickup truck at this time.