By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
A man was shot and killed in his driveway while leaving for work. According to officials, he was targeted by an onslaught of gunfire in northwest Harris County early Wednesday morning.
Stonix News learnt that the shooting happened around 3 a.m. Wednesday at a home in the 13300 block of Wimbledon Oaks Drive.
ABC 13 Houston, on Thursday, reported that Harris County sheriff’s deputies said a man in his early 50s had just gotten into his car to leave for work when someone ambushed him and fired multiple shots, killing him.
His wife reportedly heard the commotion and went outside, but the shooter had already escaped.
Just a hardworking man in his early 50s going to work. It appears he was ambushed as he sat in his vehicle. Approx 13 shots were fired from an AK-47 type weapon.
The man has worked for a major company near the airport for 30 years.
Investigators did not have a description of the suspect. Residents in the neighborhood were asked to check their surveillance cameras.
Although the exact motive of the shooting is unclear, investigators said it did not appear to be a robbery.
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