“We’re asking a lot of things from the public right now,” Houston Police Assistant Chief Larry Satterwhite told reporters during a news conference Tuesday night. “First and foremost, let’s pray for this family. A mother lost her husband and lost her 2-year-old child today. We are also asking for the public’s help in locating the suspect. He is still at large.” The Houston Police Department received a 911 call about shots fired in the area of El Camino Rey Del Rey Road and Chimney Rock Road around 1:46 p.m. local time on Tuesday. Upon arrival, officers found a 38-year-old man who had been shot to death, according to Satterwhite. Investigators believe the victim was meeting another man at the location when an altercation possibly ensued. The other man pulled out a gun and shot the victim multiple times before stealing his black SUV and fleeing the scene, Satterwhite said. That afternoon, at approximately 6:36 p.m. local time, a woman called 911 to report her husband and 2-year-old son missing. The information she provided was specific enough that police soon realized the victim of the attack was her husband, according to Satterwhite. “We never knew about the kid until he called us,” he told reporters. The stolen SUV with the little boy inside was found on Elm Street, more than 10 miles away from the shooting scene. Officers smashed the windows of the locked vehicle to get to the child, then immediately tried to render aid and called an ambulance, according to Satterwhite. “Unfortunately, it was too late. The child had driven past,” he said. “Right now, we don’t know why or how or what the cause of death will be. It could be something like heat exhaustion, we just don’t know. That will be determined later through an autopsy.” Investigators believe the suspect had left the car there, locked and disabled, with the child in the back seat, according to Satterwhite. “It’s the hardest thing we do,” he told reporters. “Children are innocent.” The unidentified suspect, who remains at large, is described as a black male wearing a white T-shirt, black shorts and a black Oakland Raiders hat. When asked if he had a message for the suspect, Satterwhite said, “Come on over. Give yourself now.” Copyright © 2022 ABC, Inc.
