Gulton-area shooting takes place in PA Club parking lot, injures one man; sedan wanted, according to Houston police

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police believe a sedan with a shooter inside shot and wounded a man as the vehicle pursued the victim in a southwest Houston parking lot, investigators said Wednesday.

The Houston Police Department confirmed they received a call about the incident at 3:55 p.m. in the 6400 block of Westward Street, near Hillcroft Avenue, near the Sharpstown area line.

According to HPD Lt. Larry Crowson, the victim on foot interacted with at least one person in a dark-colored vehicle in the parking lot of the PA Club, a nearby business.

The victim and suspect(s) exchanged words before someone in the car opened fire, police said.

The victim was rushed to the hospital and operated on, Crowson said. The vehicle took off before the police arrived.

HPD believes the PA Club has no connection to the shooting, but investigators want to review surveillance camera footage from the area.

Neighborhood crime statistics

ABC13 Neighborhood Safety Tracker showed that Wednesday's police response zone recorded 1,348 assaults in the past 12 months.

The area – which is home to 51,000 people and includes Southwest Memorial Hospital, Burnett Bayland Park and Westmoreland – saw a steady decline in assaults from 2021 to 2023. In 2021, 1,542 were counted. In 2022, 1,459 have been registered. In 2023, the data showed 1,453.

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