{"id":334625,"date":"2025-10-26T20:58:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/334625\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T20:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:58:48","slug":"man-found-dead-after-car-crash-outside-w-houston-home-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/334625\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found dead after car crash outside W Houston home, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 Houston police are investigating after a man was found suffering from gunshot wounds inside a car that crashed outside a home in West Houston.<\/p>\n

Surveillance video captured the moment the driver\u2019s truck slammed into a parked vehicle along Briar Terrace Drive late Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Homeowner Erika Rivera said the impact woke her and her husband.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just a loud bang that happened. My husband\u2019s the one that heard it,\u201d Rivera said. \u201cAnd so, we came outside and there was a truck that had hit our car.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rivera said at first, they thought the driver might be having a medical emergency and called 911.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t even realize that there was gunshots on the glass until we got really kind of close to it,\u201d she said. \u201cWe looked, and my husband\u2019s like, he\u2019s been shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Houston firefighters arrived minutes later and pronounced the driver dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Investigators say the homeowners did not recognize the driver or the vehicle involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe homeowners did not recognize the driver or that particular vehicle that hit their car,\u201d said Lt. Ali with HPD. \u201cOfficers that responded to the scene knocked on as many doors as they could to gather as much surveillance as they could.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rivera said her heart breaks for the victim\u2019s family and wished there was something more she could have done.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like I asked the paramedics if there was something that could have done, but he said no,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The impact also left behind debris scattered across lawns including a broken Nissan emblem and destroyed a neighbor\u2019s mailbox and flower bed.<\/p>\n

Police said the investigation remains ongoing as they work to determine what led up to the shooting.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Houston Police Department or Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS.<\/p>\n

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