HOUSTON — A pizza delivery driver fatally shot a man after an argument early Sunday morning, Houston police say.
This happened around 12:40 a.m. at an apartment complex on Yellowstone Boulevard, which is off of Highway 288 near Highway 90 Alt. HPD said the man who was killed was a customer.
Police said the driver went to the address to deliver a pizza and was confronted by two men demanding money at gunpoint. According to HPD, he pulled out his own gun and shot, killing one of the men. The second man reportedly ran away.
The driver was unharmed.
"We're not sure how the pizza delivery went so wrong that somebody wound up getting shot," said HPD Sgt. Mark Holbrook. "But that is what we're investigating right now."
HPD couldn't confirm whether a gun was found on the man's body.
The brother of the man who was killed, Ameer White, identified him as 21-year-old Areyeh White. HPD would not confirm the identity of the man that had died.
White said the circumstances surrounding the shooting were odd.
"They say he was the pizza delivery guy, but we don't have a receipt that he was buying a pizza," Ameer said. "If you were the pizza delivery guy, why did you have a, why were you armed?"
Ameer said his brother was at his girlfriend's apartment when the shooting happened. The brothers lived together in another unit at the complex.
"It most definitely destroyed me," Ameer said. "Because he said he was going to be home in 30 minutes. I stayed up for him."
He said the two had lost their mother a few years ago.
"Honestly, only God got the last answer and I'm sure he'll figure it out for us," Ameer said. "Just trying to keep myself and my family strong."
HPD said the case will be referred to a grand jury.