HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police have released surveillance photos of a man accused of shooting a woman along the METRORail in southeast Houston.
Houston police describe the suspect as a Black man wearing all black and a red backpack with a white X.
WANTED: Help us ID this male being sought in the shooting of a female at 5420 Griggs Road on Wed. (Dec. 28).If you recognize the suspect, please call HPD Major Assaults at 713-308-8800 or @CrimeStopHOU for a reward up to $5,000.More details: https://t.co/KRKTdVOvbq#HouNews pic.twitter.com/9WKh6cIwpU
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Houston and METRO police departments responded to 5400 Griggs Road at the Palm Center Transit Station Wednesday night.
When police arrived, they found a 27-year-old woman with gunshot wounds.
Southeast and Metro officers are at a shooting scene 5400 Griggs. Adult female transported by HFD. 202 pic.twitter.com/aFFAdzO9ie
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According to police, the woman appeared to have been getting off the train.
HPD said the shooter may have arrived at the train platform on a bike before the shooting happened.
At some point, police said the woman and the shooter were on the train together.
The suspect reportedly biked toward Martin Luther King Boulevard, fleeing the scene.
Authorities said it’s unknown if there was a motive, it was a robbery, or if they knew each other.
The injured woman was taken to a hospital after being shot in the arm and remains in critical condition.
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.
