Cops: Shooting, crash may be tied to Air Jordan XI shoes
By Dale Lezon | December 21, 2012 | Updated: December 21, 2012 12:01pm
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A man was critically wounded in a shooting and crashed his car into a gas line after two suspects apparently wanted to steal his newly purchased Air Jordans in northwest Harris County Friday morning, officials said.
The man was discovered gunshot about 10:40 a.m. in the 1700 block of Plumwood near Hallfield, said Mark Herman, chief deputy of the Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 4.
Herman said the victim and another man had just returned home after they bought Air Jordan court shoes Friday morning. As they were getting out of their car, two men in a gold vehicle drove up, approached them and demanded their new shoes.
One of the victims ran away. The other tried to drive away. That's when at least one of the suspects opened fire on the victim's car, hitting him.
The victim crashed, rupturing a gas line.
The men in the gold vehicle sped away after the shooting. It is not known if the suspects took the Air Jordans.
The latest style of the popular court shoe, Air Jordan XI "Bred," was released Friday morning.
It was earlier believed that the wounded man had been a victim in a home invasion but that was later determined to be untrue, Herman said.
More details will be reported as the story develops.
