Texas teenager on way to pick up his girlfriend is senselessly killed in 'road rage' attack near Houston

A Texas teen connected the mode to prime up his woman from enactment was recovered murdered successful his car - his assemblage riddled with bullets - pursuing an evident roadworthy rage incident.

And present his grieving household is demanding answers, with Cody Johnson, 19, changeable and killed Friday night, near I-10 successful Harris County, Texas. 

Relatives said helium had near his mother's location successful Missouri City, astir 20 miles southbound of Houston, an hr earlier, astir 7pm.

Intent connected picking up his woman from her occupation successful Katy, Johnson ne'er made it, his parents said - pointing to information from an app that showed his Camaro slowing to a halt connected the Katy Freeway astir 8:04pm. 

It's believed the car whitethorn person been rolling for immoderate time, however, earlier coming to a halt wherever it was aboriginal discovered.

Within minutes, helium was recovered on the I-10 feeder road, his car and assemblage riddled with bullets, starring the section sheriff to surmise the incidental stemmed from roadworthy rage. His bureau is inactive trying to portion unneurotic what happened, however, and has yet to sanction a suspect.

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'On Friday... astatine astir 8:05pm, deputies with the Harris County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) responded to an in-progress telephone successful the 23600 artifact of the westbound bound Katy Freeway work road,' the section said Sunday.

'Upon arrival, responding deputies discovered an big male, extracurricular his parked conveyance a achromatic Camaro with golden rims, unresponsive from evident gunshot wounds. 

'The antheral was air-lifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital Medical Center wherever helium was pronounced deceased upon arrival,' investigators added.

'The HCSO Homicide and Crime Scene Units responded to the country to behaviour the follow-up investigation. 

'No motive has been determined for the shooting decease of the victim.'

Gonzalez proceeded to framework the execution arsenic 'a imaginable roadworthy rage incident', with nary connection connected a imaginable fishy contempt cops' speedy effect clip and the road's inherent business.  

'People saw it, it's I-10,' mourning begetter Mike Johnson told ABC 13 Sunday. 'It's busy, and present we are with nothing. 

'He was 200 yards distant from the Memorial Hermann Helicopter pad successful Katy,' helium added, revealing however helium had lone been a fewer miles from his girlfriend's job.

'And cipher stopped until constabulary recovered him.'

He added however helium and cops believed that his son's car had been rolling for 'some time' earlier the telephone came successful - 1 infinitesimal earlier tracking bundle showed it coming to a stop.

The devastated begetter besides said his teen lad had precocious recovered from a superior motorcycle mishap that near him injured successful June.

He was acceptable to commencement a caller occupation arsenic a car salesman successful coming weeks, helium said - speaking to aggregate outlets successful an interrogation alongside woman Amy Juneau.

He loved cars since helium was conscionable a toddler truthful helium was pursuing his dreams,' Mike told KHOU 11 arsenic the fishy oregon suspects remained astatine large. 'Everything seemed to beryllium clicking and yet going the close way.'

'Even if helium chopped off, oregon idiosyncratic chopped him off, there's nary crushed helium should beryllium dormant due to the fact that of it,' helium continued.

'Value successful people's lives is much than a car oregon a frustration.'

Both parents added however the achromatic 2013 Chevy Camaro had been their son's prized possession, arsenic chilling footage from the transgression country showed it sitting successful spot with its blinkers on.

'If you were driving connected I-10 and helium passed you would cognize it,' Mike said, seeking answers from different residents who whitethorn person caught upwind of what occurred. 

'It's a parent's worst nightmare,' added Juneau successful an speech with Fox 26 Houston. 'His beingness was successful the close direction,' declared Mike. 'Everything was going great, helium was blessed - helium adjacent said helium was the happiest he'd been.'

While cops said they fishy the shooting was caused by roadworthy rage, this has yet to beryllium officially confirmed.

A statement for the fishy - oregon suspects - has yet to beryllium provided, with the homicide probe present underway.

DailyMail.com has reached retired to the Harris County Sheriff's Office for much information, arsenic the Johnson present acceptable retired connected burying their son. 

'Nobody values life,' said his begetter successful different affectional interrogation with ABC 13.

'We conscionable privation answers,' added Juneau. 'We privation him backmost much than anything, but if we could conscionable person immoderate benignant of closure astir what happened.'

Cops' probe successful the incident, meanwhile, remains ongoing. They are asking for subordinate of the nationalist to measurement forward.

Houston - lone a fewer miles distant from the transgression country - was awarded the dubious favoritism of being the metropolis with the astir road-rage shootings implicit the past decade, with a full of 215 incidents since 2014.

Tied for 2nd were cities similar San Antonio and Memphis, which lone had 107 incidents apiece.

The inclination has continued into this year, with a 21-year-old killed past period aft exchanging gunfire with different motorist on I-10.

The different operator fled earlier returning to the scene, and is said to beryllium cooperating with investigators. 

The lawsuit was assigned and turned implicit to the DA for statements and an probe to find whether immoderate charges volition beryllium filed, cops successful that lawsuit said.