Overview
- Deputies identified the suspected shooter as Franklin Sael Alvarado, 33, who was booked into the Harris County Jail.
- Authorities say both vehicles stopped after a horn honk, the suspect got out with a shotgun, and he fired as the other car tried to drive away.
- The female passenger was hit in the back of the head by a projectile and was hospitalized in fair condition with a non-life-threatening wound.
- Alvarado was arrested a short distance from the scene and faces one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of third-degree deadly conduct.
- The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the road-rage shooting, and scene images show a pickup’s rear window shattered by gunfire.