Samantha Ketterer,
April 16, 2021 Updated: April 16, 2021 10:37 a.m.
An armed man is at large after shooting a Richmond resident who was sitting in his car Thursday, police said.
The Richmond Police Department is looking for information on the shooter. The officers said they were wearing a blue hooded camo jacket, blue jeans and a ski mask.
Police arrived at Lamar Park Apartment Complex, 1800 FM 1640 after 5:17 p.m. Carlos Guiracocha Medina, 56, was dead on the scene, lying on the floor next to his car with a gunshot wound.
Medina was in his vehicle listening to music when approached by the gunman who was likely trying to commit a robbery, police said. The shooter was last seen in a red or burgundy passenger car going west through the complex, and a second person, a driver, may have been involved.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Richmond Police Department at 281-342-2849 or Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at 281-342-8477.
Samantha Ketterer is a Houston Chronicle reporter specializing in state courts and criminal justice.
She joined the staff as a breaking news reporter in 2018 after writing for The Galveston County Daily News on tourism and Galveston City Hall.
Samantha graduated from the University of Texas with the Austin School of Journalism and is a proud graduate of The Daily Texan. She was also a reporter for the state bureau for the Dallas Morning News.