{"id":1043683,"date":"2026-09-04T21:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1043683\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T21:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:54:23","slug":"suspect-linked-to-shootings-in-pasadena-new-caney-and-houston-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1043683\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect linked to shootings in Pasadena, New Caney and Houston found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 A man linked to three shootings across the Houston area was found dead Friday after a police standoff in north Houston, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Houston_Police_Department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Houston_Police_Department\/\">Houston Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The suspect, identified as 50-year-old Pedro Gonzales, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after police located him in Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The shooting spree began earlier Friday in Pasadena, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/04\/pasadena-shooting-leaves-woman-hospitalized-suspect-remains-at-large\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/04\/pasadena-shooting-leaves-woman-hospitalized-suspect-remains-at-large\/\">Gonzales allegedly shot his ex-wife at a residence,<\/a> according to the Montgomery County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"sc-dLMFU dXsCjt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-eDPEul gFeYkf egxwAv\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Gonzales then drove to New Caney, where he allegedly shot a 52-year-old woman around 9:19 a.m. in the 2300 block of Thelma Lane, MCSO said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Deputies and EMS responded to the scene, and the woman was taken to a local hospital. She is expected to survive and is listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Investigators said Gonzales fled the New Caney scene in a gray heavy-duty truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">While deputies were searching for him, MCSO was notified that Gonzales had been located in Houston, where he allegedly shot another man near Kress Road at a Burger King.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">About an hour later, police said the man was shot twice, once in the face and once in the hand, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/04\/east-freeway-burger-king-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/04\/east-freeway-burger-king-shooting\/\">parking lot of a Burger King<\/a> in the 6200 block of East Freeway in the Denver Harbor area.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"sc-dLMFU dXsCjt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-eDPEul gFeYkf egxwAv\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The male victim was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Pasadena police eventually tracked Gonzales to Houston, where law enforcement agencies responded to the area near Gaines Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">A tactical team found Gonzales dead inside the back seat of a vehicle with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">MCSO said all of the victims in the series of shootings were known acquaintances of Gonzales and are believed to be connected to an ongoing dispute involving him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">All victims are expected to survive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The Montgomery County Sheriff\u2019s Office Major Crimes Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators coordinated with the Houston Police Department, Pasadena Police Department and other agencies as the investigation unfolded across multiple jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  style=\"object-fit:cover;width:234px;height:50px\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kprc_breaking.png\" width=\"234\" height=\"50\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf eUxjKG\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 A man linked to three shootings across the Houston area was found dead Friday after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1043684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4219,118532,4345,5429,14259,5338,138904,142880,3677,251775,358,3187],"class_list":["post-1043683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime","tag-fatal-shootings","tag-houston","tag-houston-police-department","tag-hpd","tag-pasadena","tag-pasadena-police-department","tag-ppd","tag-shootings","tag-splendora","tag-texas","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117215002070502694","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1043684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}