one dead, one hospitalized after Pitner Road shooting in Houston
A late-night argument at 8650 Pitner Road ended with Enrique Quib Bac dead and another man hospitalized, as police search for two suspects.
Houston police are searching for two suspects after an argument turned deadly at 8650 Pitner Road in northwest Houston, leaving Enrique Quib Bac, 46, dead and another man hospitalized.
Officers were called to the Pine Gardens Apartments complex about 10 p.m. on Friday, May 22, 2026, where patrol units found two males suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced one man dead at the scene. The second man was taken to a hospital.
Investigators said the confrontation appears to have started after the people involved had been hanging out. Police said the turning point came when the victims were trying to leave and the suspect opened fire. ABC13 reported the shooting happened in the 8600 block of Pitner Road near Hollister Road, placing it in a stretch of northwest Houston where apartment complexes and neighborhood streets sit close together.
Houston police later identified the deceased victim as Bac in a May 26 news release. Police said the surviving victim was able to provide detectives with a description of the shooter and the shooter’s vehicle. FOX 26 Houston reported that the surviving victim’s condition improved from critical to stable. No arrests had been announced.
Witnesses told police that two suspects left the scene in a Ford F-250 and a Honda. Investigators have not released a description of the shooter or said whether the two vehicles were connected to the same suspects or used separately. Police also have not said whether the confrontation involved earlier tensions, a weapon display before the shots were fired, or whether either suspect was known to the victims.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Houston Police Department Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 713-222-TIPS.
The shooting adds another violent episode to a corridor that has already seen gunfire. A separate shooting at a Pitner Road apartment complex in May 2024 left three people injured, underscoring why residents in the area keep a close eye on calls tied to the same street. Houston now posts monthly crime data by street and police beat, and the city rolled out a public crime dashboard in 2026 to give residents more current local data on violent incidents and neighborhood trends.
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