A woman was found dead in a church parking lot amid a number of murders in Houston

HOUSTON Houston has had a deadly shooting in the past 24 hours.

Since Friday night at 10:30 p.m., there have been six shootings, in which a total of nine people have been shot, according to information compiled by KPRC 2.

Five of the people were killed.

That brings the total homicides in Houston to at least 89, per KPRC 2 data.

Houston police recently said a woman was found dead in a church parking lot in Almeda Genoa in southeast Houston. Police are still investigating what happened and why she was shot.

” A passerby saw the car parked there, and then came back and noticed it was running, her deceased looked inside the vehicle and found it, ” said Houston police detective Andrew Barr.

After 10:30 p.m. Friday, two men sustained multiple shots near Houston’s downtown. One man was killed and another was taken to hospital.

According to investigators, witnesses said a group of people on scooters were walking through the street. Two brothers left the main group and went through the parking lot of a McDonald’s. At that point, they come across another group standing next to a vehicle. Police exchanged words that escalated into a riot with weapons.

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Police said shots were fired.

Officials said it was not clear if the shots were fired at just one of both groups. There is also no suspicious information available at the time. The investigation into the shooting continues.

This was followed by five other shootings.

‘We were busy with the manslaughter department last night. It’s been quite a busy year for us, a little busier than usual, ‘Barr said.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner also weighed in on violence in Houston.

“There’s far too much gang violence in our city, and we’re going to pick it up again,” he said. ‘We have already started, but we will continue to increase resources to put more law enforcement in our streets. But at the same time, which will not undermine violence in our city, we must also have the community to be practical. ”

Police are looking for information in the shooting of the woman in the church parking lot. If you have information about the shooting or any other shooting, you are asked to call the Houston Police Department at (713) 884-3131.