Woman found dead in the parking lot of a church amid a series of homicides in the Houston area

HOUSTON – Houston has scheduled a deadly shooting in the past 24 hours.

Since Friday night, at 10:30 pm, there have been six shootings, in which nine people were shot, according to data compiled by KPRC 2.

Five of those people died.

This brings the total number of homicides in Houston to at least 89, according to KPRC 2 data.

More recently, Houston police said a woman was found dead in the parking lot of a church in Almeda Genoa, in southeastern Houston. The police are still working to find out what happened and why she was shot.

“A passerby saw the car parked there and then came back and realized he was standing there and looked and found his dead man in the vehicle,” said Houston police detective Andrew Barr.

After 10:30 pm on Friday, two men were shot several times near downtown Houston. One man died and another man was transported to the hospital.

Investigators said witnesses said a group of people on scooters was passing down the street. Two brothers left the main group and passed a McDonald’s parking lot. At that point, they came to another group standing next to a vehicle. They exchanged words that turned into a gun riot, police said.

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Police said shots were fired.

Officials said it was not clear whether the shots were fired from both groups in just one. There is also no suspicious information available at the moment. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

This was followed by five other shootings.

“We were busy last night with the homicide division. It’s just been a busy year for us, so a little bit more busy than usual, ”said Barr.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner also spoke about the violence in Houston.

“There is a lot of gang violence taking place in our city and we are going to increase again,” he said. “We have already started, but we will continue to increase resources to put more police on our streets. But while this will not reduce violence in our city, we need the community to participate as well. “

The police are looking for information on the murder of the woman in the church parking lot. If you have any information about the shooting or any other shooting, you should call the Houston Police Department at (713) 884-3131.