Houston Police: 'Altercation' leads to deadly shooting in the Heights

HOUSTON – Houston police are investigating a deadly shooting that unfolded early Sunday morning outside the Heights Drive Inn at 6700 N. Main Street.

Officers were called to the scene around 2:30 a.m. and located a man in the parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds, according to preliminary information. Houston Fire Department crews responded and pronounced him dead at the scene.

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“The details on what transpired this shooting are very minimal,” HPD Lt. Ali said to media on scene. “What we’re being told right now is that the victim was at the location – in the parking lot of this particular location – when the suspect arrived on scene. They got into some altercation. The suspect, at that point, shot the victim and fled the scene.”

Anyone with information should contact the HPD Homicide Unit at (713) 308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS, where you can report anonymously.