June 28, 2023 - Houston police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man at 8806 Mesa Drive at 10:25 p.m. on Tuesday (June 27).

The identity of the victim, 21, is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

HPD Homicide Division Sergeant K. Meek and Detective G. Zavala reported:

HPD patrol officer responded to a shooting in the parking lot of a restaurant at the above address and found the victim unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds. Houston Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced the victim deceased.

According to a witness, he and the victim were eating in the restaurant parking lot. When the victim went back to the restaurant for condiments, he was shot multiple times by an unknown male suspect.

The suspect is described only as an unknown black male.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or speak anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.