Chevis Cooks, 31, Bayou Body Count No. 135

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Two persons shot to death in their cars on the north side Thursday morning.
A man was shot to death in his car in broad daylight on the northside Thursday, Houston police say.

Chevis Cooks, 31, was shot in the 5500 block of Kashmere at about 11:30 a.m., HPD says. He was inside his vehicle at the time, and was the second person to be killed under those circumstances that morning. Oscar Ortiz Orozco, 53, was shot and killed in Greenspoint about six hours earlier.

He was transported to LBJ Hospital but died there.

Police say they have no suspects or motive. Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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