Man runs to Third Ward club for help after getting shot, crashing car

Man shot, crashes car and runs to nearby club in Third Ward for help (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

HOUSTON – A search is underway for a man’s assailants after he was shot several times in Houston’s Third Ward, causing him to crash his car.

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It happened a little after midnight when the Houston Police Department said it was called to the scene of a car crash on Arbor and Emancipation. Officers say an unidentified man was found a block away at a club with several gunshot wounds.

Man shot, crashes car and runs to nearby club in Third Ward for help (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

Police began applying a tourniquet on the man until paramedics arrived to rush him to a nearby trauma center, where at least check, we’re told he will survive.

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Preliminary information from authorities is the man was shot several times in his car on Arbor before he crashed and ran to a nearby club. Several bullet casings were found at the scene and it’s believed the shooters took off in an older model white Cadillac.

No additional details have been shared, as of this writing, but an investigation remains underway.

Man shot, crashes car and runs to nearby club in Third Ward for help (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

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