Drive-by shooter may have been killed by deputy

Police are investigating a drive-by shooting in Houston that left a 25-year-old man dead Saturday morning, and whether the suspect was the same person shot and killed by a Harris County sheriff's deputy in another incident just half an hour later.

According to Jodi Silva, a Houston police spokeswoman, witnesses said a man was stopped at a red light at 18th St. and West Mangum around 12:50 a.m. when a person in a dark-colored pickup drove up next to him and shot him.

"Witnesses stated there was no confrontation," she said.

Meanwhile, the Harris County sheriff's office reported that there was a deputy-involved shooting early Saturday morning at Barker Cypress and West Little York Road.

The sheriffs office told KTRK-TV that the deputy came across a man in a pickup truck shooting at another vehicle. The deputy turned around and began pursuing the suspect, who crashed his vehicle and emerged with gun in hand.

"The deputy told him to stop and drop his weapon. The suspect did not comply. And at that point the deputy was in fear for his life and discharged his gun one time, striking the suspect," Lt. Joe Ambriz told the news station.

A Harris County spokesman told reporters at the scene that a man shot in that incident was taken to Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital in critical condition. A female passenger was not injured.