A shooting outside an after-hours club in southeast Houston early on December 24, 2023, left 20-year-old Isaiah Parker dead and four others wounded. Police say an altercation in the club’s parking lot escalated into gunfire between two groups of young males. Parker was shot and collapsed on the Gulf Freeway service road, where paramedics pronounced him dead. Three male victims, ages 17, 18 and 19, and a 19-year-old female were taken to hospitals with injuries described as ranging from non-life-threatening to serious.

Witnesses reported five males fled the scene in a stolen blue 2015 Toyota Tundra, Texas plate JLX0756; four were later dropped off at a local hospital with gunshot wounds. Investigators are trying to establish the sequence of events and identify everyone involved. Parker’s family said they spent time with him at a Christmas party just hours before he was killed. No arrests have been announced. If anyone has information, contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.