Four killed in overnight shootings in Houston: police

HOUSTON. April 9. KAZINFORM. Four people were killed when gunshots rang out across Houston, Texas, overnight, police said Wednesday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

Around 1 a.m. Wednesday, police were called to a Shell station in the city where they found three people wounded by gunshot. One of them died at the hospital. Officers said it may have been a road rage incident. Around the same time, another person was fatally shot inside a tattoo parlor. Three armed men reportedly walked into the parlor, demanding money. The owner was killed while trying to stop them from robbing his customers. At about 4:20 a.m. Wednesday police were called to a bar and found a 22-year-old man lying dead with multiple fatal gunshot wounds to his chest. Earlier, a man was shot dead in a parking lot near a warehouse; Kazinform cites Xinhua. See news.xinhuanet.com for full version.