Man accused of shooting stepdad to death during argument over car accident in west Houston

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man has been detained after police said he shot and killed his stepdad and injured his mom after an argument escalated near the Galleria area.

Monday at about 8 p.m., officers were dispatched to reports of a shooting outside an apartment in the 3000 block of Greenridge

At the scene, officers found a man had been shot to death and a woman was shot in the arm.

Police said a man and his stepdad had some sort of argument over an accident involving the family’s car. During the argument, the man pulled out a gun and shot his stepdad to death and accidentally shot his mom in the arm, police said.

The woman injured was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. The suspect in question has