Woman killed when unknown gunman in SUV opened fire at car in SE Houston

HOUSTON - Police are investigating a deadly shooting of a woman in southeast Houston on Monday night. 

Authorities were called out to the 8100 block of the Gulf Freeway service road in reference to a shooting at 8 p.m.

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HPD officers arrived at the parking lot of a gas station and found a woman in her 30s suffering from a gunshot wound inside a vehicle.

Houston Fire Department paramedics then pronounced her dead at the scene. Her identity is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

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Authorities say the shooting occurred in a different location. Investigators were told the victim was one of four people in a vehicle traveling near the 8600 block of Glenvista Road when a black Toyota SUV drove beside them.

That's when someone inside the SUV opened fire at the victim's vehicle, fatally striking the woman, who was a passenger.

The driver then drove to the gas station to obtain assistance.

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At this time, there are no known suspects or motive in the shooting.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.