Houston Man Charged With Murder in Fatal Winkler Drive Shooting
A 44-year-old man who police say told deputies at the scene that he had shot a man at a Winkler Drive business early Sunday is charged with murder. The victim's name is being withheld until his family is notified.
A Houston man has been charged with murder after a fatal shooting at a business on Winkler Drive early Sunday, Houston police said. Tony Ledet Johnson, 44, is charged with murder in the 339th State District Court in the death of a 41-year-old man whose identity has not been released.
The shooting happened about 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, November 8, at 8615 Winkler Drive. Harris County Precinct 2 constable deputies responded to the shooting at the business and found a man with a gunshot wound; he was taken to an area hospital, where he later died, according to the Houston Police Department. A male approached the deputies at the scene and told them he shot the victim, police said.
The victim's identity will be released by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences after his family is notified, police said. HPD Homicide Division Detectives C. Bowling and J. Jorsch reported the findings in the case.
Police have not said what led to the shooting. Johnson is charged but has not been convicted, and the case will proceed in the 339th District Court.
