Woman driving on Houston highway calls 911 to report being shot in head

HOUSTON -- Police are looking for a driver who shot a woman in rush hour traffic along the North Freeway inbound lanes this morning. The victim is now in fair condition at Memorial Hermann Texas Trauma Institute with bullet fragments.

Deputy constables with Precinct 4 say around 7am, the victim, identified as 28-year-old Kay Hafford, got onto the southbound lanes of the I-45 North Freeway somewhere around FM 1960. Hafford, who was driving a red Dodge Avenger, honked her horn at the driver of a white colored SUV.

View the latest photos of the victim's vehicle

Hafford told constables the driver of the SUV then began to taunt her. That driver then pulled up to the right side of Hafford's vehicle and opened fire, striking the victim in the back of the head.

Hafford called 911 and pulled over just before the Richey exit on I-45. Deputy constables say she was going in and out of consciousness, but managed to tell them the gunman was a male wearing a blue baseball cap.

Emergency crews rushed Hafford to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. They say the bullet fragments are in the bottom portion of her brain. Hafford's husband was there by her side.

Investigators will be looking at TxDOT cameras and other surveillance video in the area to see if they caught the incident on tape.

Deputies are asking anyone who was in that area at that time and may have seen this road rage incident to call the Precinct 4 Constable's office at 281-376-3472 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

We're told Hafford is awake, but will be kept at the hospital at least overnight.

Keep checking back on this page to get real-time updates as this story unfolds. To get alerts for breaking news, download the ABC-13 news app for iPhone or Android. You can also get breaking news alerts sent to you by email.