Road rage victim possibly kidnapped after crash, gunfire in north Houston, police say

Houston police invsestigate the scene of a road rage crash and gunfire in north Houston on Sunday. Dec. 9, 2019. Houston police invsestigate the scene of a road rage crash and gunfire in north Houston on Sunday. Dec. 9, 2019. Photo: OnScene.TV Photo: OnScene.TV Image 1 of / 14 Caption Close Road rage victim possibly kidnapped after crash, gunfire in north Houston, police say 1 / 14 Back to Gallery

Houston police detectives are searching for the whereabouts of a driver believed to be the victim of road rage in north Houston.

A witness told police they saw a white four-door car chasing a blue sedan in the 11800 block of Airline Drive around 9 p.m. Sunday night when the blue sedan crashed into a small white pickup truck, according to Houston Police Department Homicide Detective E. May. Seconds after the impact, someone from inside the white car – which was not involved in the crash – ran up to the blue sedan and starting shooting into the car with a shotgun, May said.

After hearing the gunfire, the witness sped off to get away and crashed into a silver Ford Mustang. A woman inside the Mustang was taken to a nearby hospital in an unknown condition.

Police rushed to the area and found the four cars total involved in the incident, but not the driver of the blue sedan nor the white four-door car believed to belong to the gunman, May said. He said it’s possible the blue sedan’s driver was kidnapped during the altercation, and detectives are working to find him.

May said officers found no evidence that the missing driver was wounded amid the gunfire.

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