HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A young child was killed, and two others were injured in a shooting in northwest Harris County on Saturday night, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said.
Investigators said the shooter fired shots at Monica Hicks, who was driving west on Grant Road near Jones Road with her five children in the car at around 11:30 p.m.
Hicks told ABC13 she stopped the car and tried to get her children out when she realized her youngest daughter, Zah’layah, was slumped over and not speaking. The five-year-old girl was shot, deputies said.
Hicks said she called 911, and paramedics tried to save Zah’layah before she was flown to a hospital by helicopter and pronounced dead.
Two other children in the car were injured by broken glass, deputies said.
Authorities said it appears the shooting stemmed from road rage. Hicks told ABC13 she doesn’t believe that’s what happened, and that she didn’t cut off or exchange words with anyone.
Hicks said she was coming from her mom’s house and didn’t hear what you’d expect gunshots to sound like. She said she heard a whizzing and then screams from her children.
Hicks said she wants whoever did this to turn themselves in.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Office or Crime Stoppers.
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