Daniel Medina, 18, identified after northwest Harris County shooting and crash

Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies identified Daniel Medina, 18, as the man found with a gunshot wound inside his vehicle after a crash on Pinechester Drive shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 13. Deputies discovered the car had struck a parked vehicle and then crashed into a house garage; Medina was found unconscious in the driver’s seat, was taken to a hospital and was later pronounced dead, according to HCSO details summarized by FOX 26 Houston.

Deputies say the shooting likely occurred away from the crash scene, nearer Timberhaven Drive, which investigators described as "down the street" from where Medina's vehicle came to rest. The sequence, a reported shooting followed by a short drive and then the crash into a garage, is the timeline relayed by Harris County deputies in initial media summaries compiled by FOX 26 and by KRIV via Yahoo News.

The location appears in reports with two spellings: FOX 26 and other early accounts used Pinechester Drive, while a KRIV/Yahoo compilation listed the street as Pinchester Drive. KRIV/Yahoo described the scene as off Veterans Memorial and Willow Green Drives in north Harris County; newsroom records advise confirming the exact street spelling and jurisdictional descriptor with HCSO dispatch logs or county address records for final reporting.

As of the latest updates, HCSO said the homicide investigation is active and no suspects or suspect descriptions have been released. Authorities asked anyone with information to contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit at 713-274-9100 or submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477), phone numbers listed in FOX 26 and KRIV/Yahoo coverage.

A GunMemorial entry for Daniel Medina lists him as age 18, records the date of loss as Feb. 13, 2026, and links to a Graceful Memorial Chapel obituary and to media reports from FOX 26 and ABC13. The GunMemorial page shows seven candles lit on the memorial entry and requests a photo upload; the obituary entry at Graceful Memorial Chapel is listed but its text was not reproduced in the news summaries.

Multiple outlets noted an initial age discrepancy in early live reporting that identified the victim as 19; subsequent updates corrected the age to 18. Several key details remain unreported in the public summaries: the name of the hospital where Medina was taken, time of pronouncement, any weapon specifics, motive, and whether surveillance footage or witnesses have been located. Harris County deputies continue to investigate the shooting and crash, and officials are asking neighbors near Timberhaven Drive, Pinechester/Pinchester Drive, Veterans Memorial and Willow Green Drives to contact HCSO or Crime Stoppers with information.