A man was found dead after crashing into a barrier in northeast Houston, and investigators say the vehicle had multiple bullet holes \u2014 raising new questions about what led up to the incident.<\/p>\n
Houston police are now working to determine whether the shooting happened at the crash scene or somewhere else.<\/p>\n
Officers were called around 9:30 p.m. Thursday to the 12400 block of Woodforest Boulevard after Houston Fire Department requested assistance.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they found a vehicle that had crashed into a barrier.<\/p>\n
During the investigation, officers discovered several bullet holes in the vehicle. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
Police described the victim as a young adult male. His identity has not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n
What investigators are trying to determine<\/p>\n
Houston police said it\u2019s unclear where the shooting actually happened.<\/p>\n
Officers recovered one spent shell casing near the vehicle, but investigators say it\u2019s unknown whether it is connected to this incident or from a previous case in the area.<\/p>\n
Because there were multiple bullet holes in the car but only one casing found nearby, investigators believe the shooting may have occurred somewhere else before the crash.<\/p>\n
Police said they are checking with other agencies to see if any shootings were reported nearby around the same time.<\/p>\n
No suspect or motive identified<\/p>\n
As of now, investigators have not identified a suspect or a possible motive.<\/p>\n
Police are also working to determine whether any surveillance cameras in the area may have captured what happened, though officials said it\u2019s unclear if video exists.<\/p>\n
Homicide detectives have responded to the scene and are continuing to investigate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was found dead after crashing into a barrier in northeast Houston, and investigators say the vehicle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[70535,55739,56,7189,58,57,8063,17850],"class_list":["post-222883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-bullet-holes","tag-crash-scene","tag-houston","tag-houston-fire-department","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-police","tag-investigators"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}