Houston police are deep in the investigation of a senseless shooting that claimed the life of a transgender woman on Country Creek Drive, Houston, with the crime occurring in the dead of night around 1:10 a.m. Saturday, as confirmed by an official report.

Authorities have yet to release the name of the 36-year-old victim as they await verification from the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, following a tragedy that unfolded when HPD officers, responding to a call, discovered her lifeless body riddled with bullet wounds and she was pronounced dead at the scene by Houston Fire Department paramedics.

Key details of the fatal incident emerged as witnesses detailed to HPD detectives the arrival of a white 2017 Chevrolet Malibu LT, near where the victim stood on the road's edge, a man debarked from the front passenger side unleashed a hail of bullets then hastily retreated into the vehicle which swiftly sped off away from the scene, a statement obtained by the City of Houston News.

The gunman, still on the loose, has been vaguely described as a male approximately 5 feet 5 inches in stature, of a slim build, donning a nondescript gray hooded jacket; meanwhile, HPD Homicide Division Detectives M. Barrow and J. Caten spearhead a thorough search as the mystery of the fatal confrontation continues to loom over the Houston community.

In a significant turn of events, the Chevrolet alleged to be the getaway car has been found though the identity or fate of those who were in the car remains as of yet unknown, the Houston police are calling upon the public to step forward with any valuable information regarding the suspect or any other aspect of the case, urging those who can help to contact the HPD Homicide Division or speak anonymously with Crime Stoppers.