by KHOU.com Staff

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Posted on September 25, 2012 at 6:19 AM

HOUSTON – A passerby stumbled upon a shooting victim’s dead body in a northwest Houston roadway, police said early Tuesday.

The discovery was made just before midnight on Peppermill Road at Pitner Road, according to the Houston Police Department.

HPD investigators said the body was that of a male who suffered one gunshot wound.

Police noted that nearby neighbors didn’t want to talk with police, so they have little information to go on.

Woman shoots man over road rage.

WFAA HARRIS COUNTY, Texas—An apparent case of road rage that turned fatal will be referred to a grand jury, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said early Monday a woman opened fire on a man outside a northwest Harris County gas station, killing him. The incident, which was first reported as a possible carjacking, occurred around 7:15 a.m. on FM 1960 at Perry Road, according to the sheriff’s office.

Investigators said it all started when a woman driving a late model silver Toyota Camry was involved in a minor collision with the driver of a Chevy pickup truck on 1960. The two pulled into a Shell gas station where some kind of altercation occurred, deputies said.

“From what we understand it was maybe just a minor accident,” said Sgt. Felipe Rivera. “The information we’re getting is that it appeared to be a minor accident that turned into road rage.”

Sgt. Rivera said the pickup driver approached the woman’s car, yelling and hitting her vehicle. Deputies said the man tried to open the woman’s car door, and that’s when she shot him once in the chest through the driver’s side window. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A passenger in the pickup truck witnessed the incident.

Apparently the woman was on the phone with 911 dispatchers when the shooting occurred, and she told deputies she feared for her life. She was later questioned by investigators and placed in the back of a patrol car.

Deputies said the woman is the mother of a young daughter and was on her way to work alone at the time of the incident.

A family friend and fellow church member arrived at the scene and spoke on her behalf.

“All we know is, she said it was self defense, and I really don’t want to go into details,” Bishop James Dixon told KHOU 11 News. “She’s a wonderful young lady, and she’s a church member at Community Faith Church, where I pastor, along with her mother. She’s just a good values-based person, a hard working young lady.”

As of 1 p.m., investigators were still at the gas station looking into the shooting.

Neither the victim’s nor the woman’s names were released

NW Houston man dies of West Nile

HOUSTON—A northwest Houston man is the city’s latest confirmed West Nile virus death, the City of Houston Health Department reported Thursday.

The man was between the ages of 75 and 84. No other information on the victim was released.

There have been a total of four reported West Nile deaths, and 49 total cases of illness in Houston.

Kathy Barton with Houston Department of Health and Human Services says the type of mosquito that carries West Nile is not very aggressive but breeds in storm sewers and finds ways into people’s homes.

“It only goes out of the storm sewers between dusk and dawn. It likes to come into your home though, and often times that is what we find, or investigators find. That is where people were bitten,” Barton said.

Mosquitoes get West Nile virus after biting infected birds. Symptoms of mild West Nile include fever, headache, sore throat, body aches, fatigue, skin rash and swollen lymph glands.

Most people under 55 can have the disease with no symptoms at all, and most other cases are very mild. The most vulnerable to the disease are people over 55 or with weak immune systems.

Symptoms of more severe West Nile virus infections - encephalitis and meningitis - include headache, high fever, stiff neck, disorientation, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, coma and paralysis. If you have these symptoms, contact your health care provider right away.

Cars in repair shop - uh need more repairs due to fire

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A few cars at a repair shop in northwest Houston are in need of even more repairs.

That's because they were damaged in an early morning fire at the Car Bach Automotive Shop on Hempstead.

The damage could have been much worse if not for a sharp-eyed Houston police officer. He was driving by when he noticed the flames leaping from the cars. He called for help and firefighters were able to contain the fire to two cars.

It's not clear if the fire was accidental or arson.

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