Crime & Safety

Pasadena Resident Killed in Freeway Shooting

A Pasadena man was killed in a shooting on I-45 South.

Pasadena, TX -- Geovanni Jesus Rios, 18, was killed in an early morning shooting on the I-45 South service road on Saturday. Rios, a Pasadena resident, was the rear passenger in a white Tahoe traveling north on the service road when someone opened fire from another vehicle.

Rios was hit, the Tahoe driver swung into a car lot and split, Rios bled out in the back. A cop saw a crowd around the truck and stopped to take a look. The shooter may have been in a four-door sedan.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477 (713-222-TIPS).

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