Police search for suspect in deadly shooting of 47-year-old man
The Houston Police Department investigates a deadly shooting on Schevers Street.
HOUSTON - Police say a 47-year-old man was shot and killed when a suspect opened fire on a house in southeast Houston.
Officers responded to the shooting around 11:05 p.m. Wednesday in the 5600 block of Schevers Street.
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According to police, a couple of people were outside of the house when an unknown man drove up in a car and they got into a verbal altercation.
Police say the man who had gotten out of the car had a gun, and when the others noticed, they ran into the house.
Authorities say the suspect fired multiple shots at the house, and one of the bullets struck a man.
The man was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. Police identified the victim as 47-year-old Bruce Wayne Ferguson.
The suspect is described only as a black male in his early 40s, last seen in a white Chevrolet Malibu.
Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.