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HOUSTON -- A man was shot to death in the parking lot of a southeast Harris County grocery store and his car was found burned out several hours later, officials told KPRC Local 2.
Harris County sheriff's deputies said Baldev Sharma, 72, was found dead outside the Food Town on Scarsdale Boulevard near Beamer Road at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Witnesses said two men approached Sharma in the parking lot.
"After only a couple moments, shots were fired by the black males," Sgt. R. Nelson said. "One of them struck the decedent."
Erica Hypolite was working inside Food Town at the time.
"I came over here and his body was over there on the ground. There were a lot of people, and his family screaming and crying," she said.
One of the men got into Sharma's car and drove away while the other man ran away, witnesses said.
burned out in a park near state Highway 288 and Loop 610 South several hours later.
The grocery store was open and filled with customers. Store managers declined to comment about the killing.
Witnesses told investigators that the men were black, 16 to 20 years old, 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet 2 inches tall with thin builds and short hair.
"We have a couple of witnesses that said they saw them and they believe they saw them well enough to identify them," Nelson said.
Schepp's Dairy has offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the men's arrests in indictments.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
