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Halloween shooting: Houston, Texas father killed in garage by possible Mike Myers masked suspect on Hawk’s Nest, officials say

Halloween shooting: Houston, Texas father killed in garage by possible Mike Myers masked suspect on Hawk’s Nest, officials say

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Authorities are looking for a suspect who wore a Michael Myers mask near the scene of a fatal shooting in Texas, investigators told our Houston affiliate ABC13 on Friday.

The shooting happened on Halloween night around 11:15 p.m. on Hawks Nest Drive near March Creek Drive in northwest Harris County.

The man’s two children were at home at the time, but they were not injured.

The man was in the garage when someone shot him multiple times and his two young children were inside the home, officials said. The children were not injured. A third child, a toddler, was with a relative and was not home at the time of the shooting.

Neighbors reported seeing a suspicious man wearing a Michael Myers mask, according to authorities.

Detectives are investigating whether this man is the shooter, but no other details about him have been released. The investigation into the shooting and the motive is ongoing.

A sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office told ABC13’s Courtney Fisher that the man’s wife, who is also the mother of the children, was murdered in her Harris County apartment back in August

They had three children, and now those children have lost both parents.

ABC13 has also learned that the man was a person of interest in his wife’s murder.

His identity has not been released, but investigators say he was in his 30s.

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