Houston police say it happened next to East Whitney, where homes are located behind Kerr Park, not far from I-45.
When officers arrived there, they found two men dead and a third man, who was also shot, is still being held. He was rushed to hospital.
Shooting: 4545 North Fwy.
Officers are at the scene of a shooting involving 4 complainants. An investigation is underway.#hounews CC50– Houston Police (@houstonpolice) 19 April 2021
The video shows a Buick with bullet holes in the windows at the scene.
The two others who were shot, a man and a woman in a white Mercedes, were able to drive about half a mile further to Whataburger to get help.
“There are a few casings here on the scene in eastern Whitney … Their ages are not yet known. I mean, this scene just happened,” Lieutenant Christopher Bruce said. “We have officers now going there to talk to the victims to try to gather the information to see what the ages are.”
Mass shooting in NW Hold (yes, another): 5ppl shot and 2 killed.
2 of the survivors drove this Buick – peppered with bullet holes – to a nearby vehicle @Wataburger to get help. HPD crime scene takes photos, processes evidence.
Shooter (s) were not captured. # abc13 pic.twitter.com/3Div3pQJw3
– Courtney Fischer (@ CourtneyABC13) 19 April 2021
As for the shooter or shooter, no arrests were made. Police did not release any suspicious descriptions.
Police are looking for surveillance video in the area.
The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as a shooting with a minimum of four victims shot, either injured or killed, not any shooter who may also have been killed or injured in the incident.
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