Gunshot caught on video after road rage on Katy Freeway

A mother and her teenage daughter were shaken on the Katy Freeway after a road-rage confrontation escalated into gunfire, with the girl capturing the shot on cellphone video near the 7600 block.

Mary said she was driving with her 16-year-old daughter Tuesday night when a gray Cadillac Escalade suddenly cut in front of them and kept weaving aggressively around their car. As the Escalade pulled alongside them, Mary said she saw a female passenger displaying a handgun. Her daughter started filming, and a gunshot can be heard in the video KPRC 2 obtained.

Mary said she was alarmed by how fast the encounter turned violent and wanted police to catch the people involved before anyone else got hurt. She described the driver as a young Black man with long dreadlocks or twists and said the female passenger she believes fired the shot was wearing a bonnet. She also said she tried to follow the Escalade long enough to get the license plate number so officers could identify the suspects.

Mary said she called 911 four times and waited more than two hours before finally filing a report at Houston Police Department’s Dairy Ashford station. Houston police are still searching for the people involved.

The Katy Freeway encounter fits a pattern of road disputes across Harris County turning dangerous in seconds. On April 19 and 20, Harris County investigators said an argument between drivers near Greenhouse Road and Clay Road led to an exchange of gunfire, a crash and one overturned vehicle. No one was hurt, but a third car carrying a teenage girl and a 9-year-old was struck, and two men were detained.

Another recent case reached the criminal-justice system in northwest Harris County when Lawrence Taylor was accused of pulling a machete on a woman during a March 26 road-rage confrontation near Grant Road. He was later arrested on an aggravated assault charge, booked into the Harris County Jail and released on a $50,000 bond.

The violence has also taken lives. On Sept. 27, 2024, 19-year-old Cody Johnson was killed in a suspected road-rage shooting on the Katy Freeway near TX-99, a case that drew public pleas for witnesses and dashcam video. Harris County’s Vision Zero plan aims for zero traffic fatalities and severe injuries by 2030, a goal that sits in sharp contrast to the rising toll of roadway violence. Texas recorded 3,769 traffic deaths in 2025, down from 4,159 in 2024, but TxDOT still estimated the economic loss at $54.2 billion, underscoring how quickly a commute can become both a criminal case and a public-safety crisis.