HOUSTON — A woman was shot in the chest during a road rage incident Saturday night on a Houston highway, investigators said.
Houston police said the woman was driving northbound around 11:15 p.m. on Texas State Highway 288 when she was involved in an altercation with a driver in a white Mercedes-Benz, KPRC reported.
Shooting: 3300 Emancipation: Female shot on US-288 @ MacGregor during road rage incident. Transported to area hospital. #hounews CC8
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) June 27, 2021
She said the driver — only described as a white male — was in front of her in his Mercedes and slammed on the brakes, causing her to swerve around him. The suspect fired a single shot when she maneuvered around him, with the bullet breaking the passenger window and hitting the woman in the chest.
The suspect fled the scene. The woman drove to a nearby gas station and called for help.
She was taken to a hospital where she is in stable condition. Police said she is expected to survive.
“It sounds a little bit like a little road rage where they went back and forth, and that’s when the suspect pulled beside her on the passenger side and shot one time,” Houston Police Department Lt. Emanuel Pavel told KTRK.
It’s at least the seventh violent incident on Houston roads in the last five days, KTRK reported.
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