1 dead, 2 hurt after trio exchange gunfire outside southwest Houston home

HOUSTON – One person was killed and two others were injured Monday when the trio exchanged gunfire outside a southwest Houston home, according to Houston police.

The shooting was reported about 3:30 a.m. in the 15000 block of Markwood Lane, near Mackinaw Street.

Police said they found Abraham Bateson, 31, shot to death in the passenger's seat of a vehicle. Two other men with gunshot wounds were found at a hospital in Pearland. One of those men, William Garza, 25, is in critical condition, police said.

Houston police said Bateson and Garza got into an altercation and exchanged gunfire.

No charges have been filed. The investigation is ongoing.


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