HOUSTON — A man was fatally shot and two other men were wounded after a shooting at a northwest Houston grocery store Friday night, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to the DJ Food Store in the 13200 block of Veterans Memorial Drive near Bammel North Houston Road around 6:30 p.m.
We are investigating a multiple-victim shooting outside DJ Food Store (Bammel N Houston and Vets Memorial). PIO is en route. #hounews pic.twitter.com/oL5AzBGe3Q
— HCSOTexas (@HCSOTexas) January 27, 2018
Upon arrival, deputies found three people shot in the grocery store’s parking lot.
A surveillance video showed that Judas Deluna, 22, was involved in an altercation near a taco stand in the parking lot. Deluna returned to his vehicle, retrieved a pistol and shot the first victim multiple times.
The store owner’s son, Rahman Rupani, 30, and another bystander came out the store to help the victim. Deluna fired several additional shots, striking Rupani and the second bystander.
Deluna and two other men fled the scene in a 2003 to 2006 black Lincoln Navigator.
Rupani and the two other victims were transported to Houston Northwest Medical Center. Rupnai was pronounced dead on arrival to the hospital and the other victims were in stable condition.
Update on multiple-shooting scene at DJ Food Store at Bammel N Houston & Vets Memorial: 1 man is confirmed dead and 2 men are wounded. Suspect (no description yet) is at large. Call @CrimeStopHOU w/info. 713-222-TIPS #hounews pic.twitter.com/rB4r2xH4Mq
— HCSOTexas (@HCSOTexas) January 27, 2018
Deputies located the Navigator around 10:30 p.m. near the intersection of Antoine Road and W. Greens Road.
Homicide investigators were able to trace the vehicle to Deluna and obtained a warrant for his arrest.
If anyone has information regarding the shooting, or the current location of Judas Deluna, please contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit at 713-274-9100 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
Help our Homicide investigators identify the man who opened fire outside the DJ's Food Mart at Bammel N Houston and Vets Memorial on Fri night, killing 1 man and wounding 2 others. Call @CrimeStopHOU 713-222-TIPS. Surveillance Video: https://t.co/EpKeC2hzQh #HouNews
— HCSOTexas (@HCSOTexas) January 27, 2018
