Man In Snapchat Shooting Video Wanted In Two Armed Robberies

HOUSTON, TX — Harris County Sheriff's investigators have identified the man seen last month shooting a gun from a moving car in a Snapchat video as the same man who committed two armed robberies in March 2017.

Investigators are looking for 20-year old Mason Kirby Gray in connection with two aggravated robberies in west Harris County.

Gray was featured on the HCSO YouTube page last month in a Snapchat video that showed him shooting a handgun from a moving vehicle.

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Investigators received information from the Snapchat video that led to Gray's identity as the suspect who robbed a Valero station at gunpoint on March 1, 2017, in west Harris County.

At around 12:45 a.m. Gray walked in to the store 2200 block of Fry Road, and looked around the cooler area at energy drinks.

When he came into the store, he was wearing a light colored shirt and grey colored pants with a tan or light colored baseball hat with POLO on the tab.

The surveillance video shows Gray asking the clerk a question and then leaving the store.

He ame back in a short time later, and then left once again.

When Gray came back into the store a third time, he waas wearing a distinctive black colored hoodie with red lettering on the front.

The video showed Gray walking up to the front counter, pulling a mask over the bottom part of his face and demands the money at gunpoint.

He then fled from the store on foot in an unknown direction.

Gray also robbed a Valero Corner station at gunpoint located in the 22500 block of Franz road that same night.

Mason Kirby Gray is a white male, standing about 6'0" tall and weighing about 175 pounds.

He has light brown hair and blue eyes.

If he is caught, Gray faces two counts of aggravated robbery, as well as deadly conduct for the Snapchat shooting.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to call the Harris County Sheriff's Office Robbery Division at 713-274-9231.

Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for information leading to the charging and/or arr est of the suspect in this case. Information may be reported by calling 713-222-TIPS (8477) or submitted online at www.crime-stoppers.org.

Tips may also be sent via a text message by texting the following: TIP610 plus the information to CRIMES (274637). All tipsters remain anonymous.

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