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Suspect in Custody After I-10 Chase in Baytown Nursing Home Shooting

The wounded man remains in stable condition after a Life Flight transport.

Overview

  • The shooting, which occurred Tuesday around 2 p.m., left a man wounded outside a nursing home in the 4100 block of Allenbrook Drive.
  • Police said a woman was speaking to a man in a parked car when another male acquaintance drove by and fired several rounds, hitting the man in the leg, and the woman was not injured.
  • The victim ran inside the facility and was flown by Life Flight to a hospital, where he was listed as stable.
  • Officers with Chambers County and Texas DPS later found the suspect vehicle, pursued it on Interstate 10, and made an arrest after a crash into a ditch.
  • Authorities have not released the names of those involved, and the case shows routine cross-county coordination when a pursuit reaches the interstate.