Houston, Texas after dark has become a completely different metro with property and violent crimes soaring to staggering levels on the national scale. Sadly, the family of a single mom with three children were showered with bullets just after midnight on what turned out to be anything but a joke this past April 1st.

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According to this KHOU article, the mother had just gotten home from her second job that she attends with her children due to childcare costs and lack of affordable care. The children entered their apartment with Happy Meals, and had just begun to eat when a shootout took place between multiple suspects near their home.

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Seven Year Old Houston Child Shot In The Head From Nearby Shootout

The Houston Police Department is eagerly seeking any information on the parties involved in the shooting, and there is already a $5,000 reward for any credible leads that result in an arrest. Remember, you can always notify authorities anonymously via the Crimestoppers of Houston website.

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In what has to be the scariest possible scenario for any parent, the mother of the victim and her daughter were unloading groceries from their vehicle when the barrage of bullets began striking all around them, and it was immediately followed by a nearly fatal scream.

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There has been a Go Fund Me to assist the family with medical expenses, and the obvious time off that will be needed for the mother to care for your child that required emergency skull surgery.

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