Man charged with murder in Houston shooting

Shooting reported in June 2015 at Exxon service station

HOUSTON – Houston police arrested a man who is charged in a fatal shooting last summer at 2211 North Freeway.

Michael Alexander Mejia, 23, is charged with murder in the death of Jacob Bowman, 20, of Houston on June 15, 2015.

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Bowman was pronounced dead at the scene.

HPD officers said Bowman was changing a flat tire at an Exxon service station when someone in a small white four-door sedan pulled up. Police said the front passenger fired several shots at Bowman, killing him.

Investigators determined that Bowman and Mejia had a fight earlier in the evening. Mejia was arrested on Tuesday without incident.


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