Suspect charged in shooting that left 23-year-old man dead near NW Houston METRO bus stop: Records

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man has been charged in connection to a shooting that left another man dead near a popular barbershop last August, records show.

Court documents state that 49-year-old Troy Giggins was charged with capital murder after Houston police said that 23-year-old Nicholas Hood was found shot to death in a grassy area near a METRO bus stop on Aug. 16.

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Giggins is currently in custody and is due in court on Feb. 23, the records state.

ABC13 previously reported that just after 9 p.m., the victim was standing at the bus stop near the 7400 block of North Main, on FaceTime with his girlfriend, when someone approached him. Police said the conversation seemed normal, until he took off running.

The motive for the shooting is still unknown.