Houston, Texas: Driver Killed in Shooting After Crash on the Grand Parkway in Montgomery County
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said a driver died on Sunday morning after a crash on State Highway 99, the Grand Parkway, near Rayford Road. The other driver fired multiple rounds after both drivers pulled over and then fled, the sheriff said.
Key points
- A driver is dead after a shooting that followed a crash on Sunday morning on State Highway 99, the Grand Parkway, in Montgomery County, Texas, near Houston, according to the Montgomery County…
- The preliminary investigation indicates that a red vehicle collided with another vehicle on the highway, the sheriff's office said.
- Click2Houston, KPRC 2, reported the same killing on Sunday as a fatal shooting after a traffic incident on SH 99 near Riley Fuzzel Road, and reported that the shooter fled in a red passenger car.
A driver is dead after a shooting that followed a crash on Sunday morning on State Highway 99, the Grand Parkway, in Montgomery County, Texas, near Houston, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. Deputies responded to the main lanes of SH 99 near Rayford Road after a vehicle crash led to gunfire, FOX 26 Houston reported, citing a statement from Sheriff Wesley Doolittle.
The preliminary investigation indicates that a red vehicle collided with another vehicle on the highway, the sheriff's office said. After both drivers pulled over, the driver of the red vehicle fired multiple rounds at the second driver before fleeing the scene, Sheriff Doolittle said in the statement reported by FOX 26. The victim was struck by gunfire and later died from their injuries.
Click2Houston, KPRC 2, reported the same killing on Sunday as a fatal shooting after a traffic incident on SH 99 near Riley Fuzzel Road, and reported that the shooter fled in a red passenger car. Riley Fuzzel Road and Rayford Road are adjoining crossings on the same stretch of the Grand Parkway in the Spring area, north of Houston. KHOU also carried the sheriff's account under the headline of a driver killed in a shooting after a crash on the Grand Parkway.
Authorities had not released the identity of the driver who died in the FOX 26 report, and they had not released a detailed description of the suspect. This article does not publish a name for the dead driver, because the sheriff's account reported by FOX 26 said the identity had not been released. The sheriff's office had not said in the Sunday reports what led to the collision, or whether the two drivers knew each other before the crash.
Investigators are urging anyone who witnessed the crash or the shooting, was traveling along SH 99 near Rayford Road around the time of the incident, or has dashcam video to come forward. Tips can go to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office dispatch at 936-538-5900, or anonymously to Montgomery County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-392-7867, FOX 26 reported.
What police have not said
On Sunday, the confirmed facts were the collision, the shots fired after both drivers pulled over, the flight of the red vehicle, and the death of the second driver. The sheriff's office had not published the time of the crash in the reports carried by FOX 26 and KPRC, a description of the suspect beyond the red vehicle, or any arrest. Drivers on the Grand Parkway on Sunday morning who saw the collision or the red car leaving the scene are the witnesses investigators asked to call in.
Timeline
- Oct 25, 2026On Sunday morning, a red vehicle collides with another vehicle in the main lanes of State Highway 99, the Grand Parkway, near Rayford Road in Montgomery County, the sheriff's office said.
- Oct 25, 2026After both drivers pull over, the driver of the red vehicle fires multiple rounds at the second driver and flees the scene, Sheriff Wesley Doolittle said.
- Oct 25, 2026The second driver dies from their injuries. The sheriff's office asks witnesses and drivers with dashcam video to call dispatch at 936-538-5900 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-392-7867.