Overview
- The incident, which happened Friday, began with a fight inside St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church and moved into the parking lot where police say two groups exchanged gunfire.
- Official accounts differ on casualties: the Houston Fire Department and some witnesses said shots were fired and at least one person was injured while other police statements reported no confirmed shooting.
- Witnesses and local reporting identified the service as a funeral for Darius Phillips, who witnesses say had been killed earlier after a separate fight at a party.
- Police say a man was transported from the scene by a private vehicle and officers are trying to locate him; no suspects have been named and no arrests have been made.
- HPD’s Southeast and Major Assault detectives are leading the active investigation and will likely use ballistics, search warrants and coordinated interviews as they work to clarify the conflicting early accounts.