An investigation is underway after deputies said a homeless male sleeping in his car overnight was shot during an attempted carjacking in north Harris County Thursday.

HOUSTON – Houston police are investigating after they said a man was shot while attempting to take a couple’s SUV while at a gas station in northeast Houston Thursday. When officers arrived at the scene, they said they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. According to investigators, it was reported the man that was shot tried taking an SUV after parking his damaged truck nearby. The suspect walked away from his truck and toward a couple that was at a gas pump with their SUV, investigators said. The suspect got out of the SUV and walked towards the back of the gas station, where investigators said he collapsed.