HOUSTON - Authorities are piecing together a deadly shooting in west Houston, where a man was found dead in his car with a 3-year-old boy in the backseat. MORE CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY COVERAGEHouston police say they were called to a shooting in the 14300 block of Fern Dr.
in Memorial near Energy Corridor, around 8:15 p.m. where they found a white Sedan stopped in a dead-end street. Arriving officers reportedly found an unidentified man, shot to death inside the driver's seat with his foot still on the parking brake.
We're told a 3-year-old boy was also in the backseat, who was unharmed but at last check was taken into police custody. MORE HOUSTON RELATED NEWS STORIESAdvertisementA motive was not made clear, but authorities believe the shooter and the victim know one another, so an investigation remains underway. .