Fatal shooting on Katy Freeway: Parents of 19-year-old Cody Johnson, who was killed in a suspected road rage incident, are searching for clues

KATY, Texas (KTRK) — Parents are pleading for answers after their 19-year-old was killed in a possible Katy-area street attack that authorities are investigating.

Cody Johnson was shot Friday night on the busy Katy Freeway near 99. Harris County sheriff's deputies found the teenager dead in his vehicle after someone reported it rolling slowly down the highway.

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“People saw it, it’s I-10. There's a lot going on and here we are with nothing and he had to taxi there. He was 200 yards from the Memorial Hermann helipad in Katy and no one stopped until police found him.”

Johnson, who said his son's vehicle may have been running for “some time” before it was reported, told ABC13 that no witnesses have come forward yet.

“Nobody values ​​life,” he said, shaking his head.

Johnson said Cody spent the day with his parents and was driving to his girlfriend's house, who lives in Katy, at the time of the shooting. He was sitting in his black Camaro with gold rims.

“It was a muscle car, a real muscle car, and it was loud, and it was a teenager's dream car,” Johnson said. “If you saw it driving down the street, you would notice this car.”

Johnson said his son has a passion for vehicles. He shares photos of his son's car in hopes that it will jog the memories of potential witnesses.

“Please, as parents, we just want answers about our son and any clues, anything. Some dashcam.” [videos]. Anyone who saw anything in the area that night could simply contact Harris County Crimestoppers to help us bring closure. “We don't want to let these people get anyone else and not do this to anyone else,” said Cody's mother, Amy Juneau.

Johnson and Juneau describe their son as a “good kid.” They told ABC13 that the former student-athlete is “just getting his life back” after a horrific motorcycle accident over the summer prevented him from starting at Texas State. Cody was well enough to work as a car salesman this week when he was killed in his own vehicle.

“He was going through a lot of change, but he had finally found his way. He was, as he told me that morning, 'finally happy'. He had his whole world in front of him. Johnson said.

Feeling like he can't truly put his son to rest until the family has answers, Johnson asks his son's killer to come forward.

“If you are the one who pulled the trigger, be responsible. If you're strong enough to pull the trigger, you're strong enough to stand up and say, 'You know what, I made a mistake,'” he said.

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