PHOTOS: Recognize him? Police calling for public’s help after woman shot on METRORail train in Third Ward, police say

HOUSTON – Police are searching for a man accused of shooting a 27-year-old woman on a METRORail train Wednesday in Third Ward.

METRORail officers said the shooting took place in the 5400 block of Griggs Road near the Palm Transit Center around 8:24 p.m.

According to investigators, a bullet hole is now in the window of the train where the woman was believed to have been shot.

The woman was transported to the hospital in critical condition.

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Houston police are seeking this suspect who is accused of shooting a woman who was on the METRORail (Houston Police/METRO Police)
Houston police are seeking this suspect who is accused of shooting a woman who was on the METRORail (Houston Police/METRO Police)
Houston police are seeking this suspect who is accused of shooting a woman who was on the METRORail (Houston Police/METRO Police)

Houston police said in a news release Thursday that preliminary information indicates an unknown male suspect on a bicycle arrived at a train platform shortly before the shooting occurred. The suspect then left the location on a bicycle westbound toward Martin Luther King Boulevard.

HPD and the METRO Police Department are conducting a joint investigation into this incident. Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Major Assaults & Family Violence Division at 713-308-8800, METRO PD at 713-224-COPS or speak anonymously with Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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