Brothers, 8 and 6, drive car safely off the road after their father is shot and killed while driving

On Friday night, two young boys brought a car to safety in Houston after their father was shot and killed while driving.

The two brothers, aged eight and six, told Houston police their father was driving when they heard a loud noise and believed a rock hit the car at around 11 p.m., according to affiliate KPRC. from NBC Houston.

Seeing their father slump in the seat, the boys drove the SUV off the freeway and onto a service road, where they ran outside for help. Police said they found a woman exiting a Chili’s restaurant near the car that called 911.

Police said the boys’ 29-year-old father was pronounced dead at the scene from a single gunshot wound to the head. Neither boy was injured.

There is currently no known motive or suspect for the murder.

“We don’t know if it was a road rage incident, we don’t really know what exactly happened,” Lt. R. Wilkins told KPRC.