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Police Link Sugar Land and Houston Shootings That Killed Three Before Suspect's Suicide

Investigators say the Sugar Land victim knew the shooter, revising early road‑rage reports.

Overview

  • Sugar Land officers found a woman with multiple gunshot wounds in a white SUV near the 12900 block of Dairy Ashford just before 1 p.m., and she was pronounced dead at a hospital.
  • Roughly 30 minutes later at a mechanic shop near 13400 Fondren Road in southwest Houston, a mechanic was fatally shot after an altercation and a nearby witness who began filming was also killed.
  • Police found the suspected gunman dead inside a vehicle with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the 8000 block of Creekbend Drive, and authorities said there was no ongoing threat to the public.
  • A gray or silver Ford Escape and the suspect’s description connected the Sugar Land homicide to the shootings at the auto shop, according to Houston police.
  • Investigations by Houston and Sugar Land police continue, with no identities released and the motive still being determined.