HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a suspect who fatally shot a man in a west Harris County neighborhood on Saturday afternoon.
The incident occurred before 1 p.m. in a grassy alleyway off Silverhawk Drive near Clay and Greenhouse, just blocks from the victim’s home.
Authorities believe the men might have been meeting for a transaction, though it did not involve drugs. “We don’t know if they knew each other or if they were meeting for the first time,” said Sgt. Michael Ritchie with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
At some point, the suspect shot the victim multiple times. The victim, identified by his mother as 20-year-old Jyron Johnson, ran down Silverhawk Drive toward his house, seeking help from several homes along the way.
In surveillance video obtained exclusively by Eyewitness News, at least 10 gunshots can be heard. The footage shows Johnson stumbling across a driveway, with visible wounds on his hand and leg. Seconds later, he can be heard screaming, “Help me!”
Johnson only made it a block before collapsing in the street. Deputies found him dead when they arrived at the scene. The suspect, described as a man in his late teens or early 20s, had already fled.
Johnson’s mother said he leaves behind two daughters and was expecting a son. Investigators are waiting for the medical examiner to determine the exact number of gunshot wounds.
