Driver kills passenger during car shootout on Rockhill Street in southeast Houston, police say

HOUSTON, TX (KTRK) — Police say a driver shot and killed another man in his car in southeast Houston overnight.

The driver and a backseat passenger got into an argument in the car, and then a shootout broke out, according to Houston police.

Officers arrived at the scene just before 11:30 p.m. Monday and found the victim dead outside the car in the 7900 block of Rockhill Street, near Glen Valley Drive.

The driver was injured in the shooting, police said. He was arrested and is being interrogated.

The Harris County Attorney’s Office will discuss possible charges.

The car the men were in crashed, police said, although it’s unclear whether the crash happened before or after gunshots were fired.

Investigators said they wanted to speak to a third man, who was in the car but not involved in the shooting, to get a better idea of ​​what happened. He reportedly fled after shots were fired.