HOUSTON – An investigation is underway after police said a woman was shot in her face during a drive-by shooting in northeast Houston Wednesday.
It happened on Jensen near Sumpter around 2:20 a.m.
Officers with the Houston Police Department and Houston Fire Department officials responded to reports of a shooting. When they arrived at the scene, they reportedly located a woman in her 30′s with a gunshot wound to the face.
Police said the woman was transported to a nearby trauma center, where she remains in life-threatening condition.
According to officers, almost two dozen shell casings were found down the street from where the shooting happened.
Investigators said security cameras showed a small grey SUV circling the area prior to the shooting.
Suspect information and a motive for the shooting are unknown at this time.