Man charged with murder after clerk killed in NW Houston convenience store shooting

Crime scene tape surrounds the parking lot of a convenience store in southeast Houston after a fatal shooting May 14, 2018. (KPRC)

HOUSTON – A store clerk was killed Monday when a man opened fire in the store's parking lot in northwest Houston, police said.

The shooting was reported about 5 p.m. at T&T Food Mart in the 4000 block of Hollister Road.

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On Wednesday, Houston police arrested Brandon Venegas, 19, and charged him with murder.

Houston police said Venegas showed up and started shooting into the store from the parking lot, killing the 45-year-old clerk, Jose De Jesus Garcia, whose body was found lying at the entrance of the store.

It is not clear what led up to the shooting.


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