Family Wants Answers In Check-Cashing Van Driver's Death
Mariza Reyes Reports
Houston police said Mohammad I. Mahmood, 67, was found dead in the back of a white van parked in the 8600 block of Clinton Drive at about 12:30 a.m. on July 8.Mahmood worked for Mac's Check Cashing Services on Nimitz Street. Once every couple of weeks, he would go out to sites to cash payroll checks.Police said Mahmood was likely targeted because he carried a large amount of cash. Relatives said Mahmood did not carry a weapon to protect himself.Investigators said a group of men in a Ford Explorer and a Ford Taurus attacked Mahmood at a warehouse and business complex in the 1900 block of Turning Basin Drive at about 3:15 p.m. on July 7. He was scheduled to be at a business in the area to cash checks at about 3:30 p.m., police said.Mahmood struggled with one of the men before being shot, detectives said. That man took Mahmood's van and fled with the men in the other two vehicles, police said."We do have witnesses who saw that Ford Expedition earlier in the day drive in the area of those warehouses," Officer Ray Cervantes said. "They may have been waiting for his (Mahmood) arrival there."Mahmood's relatives said they are not angry but they want answers."Why would they do something like that? He was the sole provider for us," said Nadir Ijaz, Mahmood's son. "He put me through school. He made sure none of us had to worry about anything."Ijaz said his father brought the family to the United States from Pakistan to give his family a better life.Anyone with information is asked to call the Houston Police Department Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
- July 10, 2008: 2 Wanted In Check-Cashing Van Driver's Death
- July 8, 2008: Man Found Dead In Check-Cashing Van
Copyright 2008 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.







A driver leads police on a chase through several cities and parts of town for nearly an hour, KPRC Local 2 reports.
A woman charged is charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection with a motorcyclist's death, KPRC Local 2 reports.
A man is charged in the death of a wrecker driver who was trying to tow a vehicle that was abandoned on a freeway shoulder, KPRC Local 2 reports.
Tips to Crime Stoppers led to the arrests of two wanted men, KPRC Local 2 reported.
A 6-year-old boy drowns during his family's Independence Day celebration, KPRC Local 2 reported.
July 5, 2009: An arrest is made in a slaying the Wheel of Justice team has been following for more than a year. Joel Eisenbaum reports.
July 5, 2009: A man who was speeding away from authorities struck a concrete wall and jumped 50 feet to his death off a highway exit ramp. Lisa Baldwin reports.
July 6, 2009: Hundreds of acres of land have been burned by a forest fire west of Houston, KPRC Local 2 reports.
July 3, 2009: A father finds his daughter dead inside a closet in their northwest Harris County home. Ryan Korsgard reports.
Anthony Yanez
Police chase a minivan through Harris and Fort Bend counties, KPRC Local 2 reports.
The images keep rolling in! See other viewers' ink, get ideas and send in your own tattoo photos.
You won't believe some of the tattoos in here! Check out some great tattoos and some interesting ink.
Share your ink with the world.
Whatever the reason, Michael Jackson's face underwent changes from the time he first hit the music scene in 1969 until his death.















