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Police identify man shot, killed while waiting for his girlfriend outside McDonald's in N. Houston

Call Houston Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS if you have any information about this crime.
Credit: OnSceneTV for KHOU 11
Shooting at McDonald's on Airline in Houston

HOUSTON — A man shot at a McDonald's restaurant in north Houston has died, police confirmed late Monday.

Houston police and firefighters responded to the 5400 block of Airline at about 7:50 p.m.

They found a man with a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to the hospital where he died overnight.

Police later identified the victim as Christepher Howard, 27. 

Investigators said Howard went to the restaurant at the request of his girlfriend. 

She went to the bathroom inside the business while he waited in the car. As he was waiting, a man walked up and fired several shots into the victim's car. The suspect then fled the scene.

A detailed description of the gunman was not immediately released by police.

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

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