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Gonzalez said James told investigators that the last thing he and his wife were talking about was just what they were about to eat for dinner.

\"It's very tragic that this would happen,\" Gonzalez said.

Several passersby stopped to help Cleveland James provide first aid to his wife, who later died at a hospital.

Please help us find justice for the James family. Yesterday, as they headed home from a Dr’s visit, & just minutes from home, Mrs. Saron James, 62, sustained a fatal gunshot wound. Its believed that the James’ were caught in the middle of gunfire from other parties. #HouNews pic.twitter.com/EmUvHyq1YO

— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) July 17, 2019

The incident came seven months after 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes was killed when a gunman fired on her, her mother and three sisters as they were riding in their car in northwest Houston.

Harris County Sheriff investigators identified two men suspected in Jazmine's death and both were charged with murder. Detectives believe the suspects mistook the car Jazmine's mother was driving for one belonging to someone they were feuding with.

Tuesday's shooting follows a July 4 incident near Houston that left two children, ages 1 and 2, and their parents injured when an 18-year-old motorist allegedly opened fire on their pickup truck igniting fireworks the family had just purchased.

Saron James was the second person killed in an apparent road rage shooting in Katy in 18 days. On June 28, a man was shot to death in Katy during a fight that erupted over a traffic dispute, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Dietrich Thomas, 22, was charged with murder in the alleged road-rage shooting of 29-year-old Eric Starr.

Since April, road rage encounters have also led to fatal shootings in Indiana, Arizona, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, and Pennsylvania, and a fatal stabbing in Massachusetts, according to police.

\"It's a very tragic situation,\" Gonzalez said Tuesday. \"We've seen the spectrums in our community from losing our very young, to now again an innocent person of 62 years old.\"

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