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Tow Truck Driver Shot Dead

POSTED: Monday, September 29, 2008
UPDATED: 11:33 am CDT September 29, 2008

A tow truck driver was shot to death as he tried to tow a vehicle that was parked illegally in southwest Houston, police told KPRC Local 2.

Houston police said someone approached the 34-year-old driver as he walked to his tow truck in the 7000 block of Hillcroft Street near Bellaire Boulevard at about 5 p.m. Sunday.

The driver, whose name was not released, was shot several times and died at the scene, investigators said.

Police said the shooter got away in a 2002 to 2005 gray Ford Mustang.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Houston Police Department Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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