Houston authorities are requesting the public’s assistance in the search for three persons of interest following the fatal shooting of a 42-year-old man, Michael Simmons. The incident took place on the evening of May 18, at a business parking lot on 6607 West Fuqua Street, as reported by the City of Houston News. According to the details provided, the shooting happened around 9:30 p.m., and the suspects, only described as individuals in their late teens to early twenties were last seen fleeing the scene on foot.
The City of Houston News release offered details indicating that the victim may have been embroiled in a verbal altercation before the fatal encounter. Sergeant W. Elsbury and Detectives D. Arnold, J. Diaz, and A. Hernandez from HPD’s Homicide Division was at the scene where Simmons was discovered with at least one gunshot wound. The victim was transferred to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead…