On April 14, 2023, 69-year-old Romero Sosa of La Porte, Texas, was fatally shot while riding his motorcycle on Interstate 45 near mile marker 114 in the Huntsville area. Sosa was one of three riders targeted in an attack that afternoon; 43-year-old Andrew Cole of Deer Park was also killed at the scene and a 61-year-old man was airlifted to Memorial Hermann for treatment. All three were wearing clothing and insignia indicating affiliation with an outlaw motorcycle gang.

Earlier that day in Montgomery County a separate shooting around 11:08 a.m. on the feeder road in the 25000 block of I-45 wounded a 32-year-old motorcyclist who later died at a local hospital, and another motorcyclist there suffered non-life-threatening injuries and fled before seeking care. Authorities describe these as targeted attacks between rival outlaw motorcycle gangs and say the public was not the intended target. No identity for the gunman has been released and no arrests have been reported; the investigation is ongoing.

If anyone has information about these shootings, can you contact the Huntsville Police Department?