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By Harold Mann
Aug 2, 2021
(Houston, TX) Police in Texas are looking for Gerald Wayne Williams, charged in connection with the July 6th shooting of a 17-year-old leaving the Houston Astros Game. Police say the victim, David Castro, was one of two passengers in a pickup truck driven by his father. Police say the father was driving when he and another driver exchanged gestures, before Williams allegedly opened fire hitting the teen in the head. A ten thousand dollar reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the suspect.
Family thankful suspect safely taken into custody
The teen s father Paul Castro said the family had been praying the suspect would be taken into custody peacefully without the harm of more individuals or officers. I think today just proves that love is greater than anger and hate, Paul Castro said. Good people are greater than bad people. Love is greater than hate. Good people are greater than bad people – thank you, said Paul Castro, father David Castro, the teen killed in a road rage shooting following an Astro game. @KHOUmelissa
He thanked investigators and the public for their support during this difficult time. He asked for continued prayers for the family, especially for David s mother, siblings and grandparents.
Man accused of killing teen in Houston road rage shooting turns himself in
By FOX 26 Staff
Gerald Wayne Williams turned himself in to police at HPD Headquarters. (Photo: Houston Police Department)
HOUSTON - Houston police say the suspect charged in a road rage shooting that left a teen dead turned himself in on Monday.
Gerald Wayne Williams, 34, is charged with murder for the July 6 shooting of 17-year-old David Castro, who was going home after a Houston Astros game with his family. Police identified Williams in a tweet Friday afternoon.
DETAILS: Prayers were answered today, said David s father, Paul, after Williams turned himself in at HPD headquarters. Our family has been praying for the safe arrest of the suspect. The fact that he safely surrendered and did not put any of the community members in jeopardy, none of the police department members in jeopardy, is an answered prayer.
The man suspected of fatally shooting a 17-year-old who was a passenger in a vehicle on the way home from a Houston Astros baseball game last month has surrendered to authorities, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said Monday.
Gerald Wayne Williams, 34, is charged with felony murder in the July 6 shooting death of 17-year-old David Castro, according to a criminal complaint. Authorities had deemed the shooting a road rage incident, CNN previously reported.
Paul Castro told CNN he was driving his two sons home from the baseball game when his son David was shot inside their pickup truck. He died two days later.