Police said no one was hurt after gunfire struck a car carrying a father and his 13-year-old daughter.
HOUSTON, Texas — A Houston homeowner has been charged after police said he opened fire Tuesday on a father and his 13-year-old daughter when they used his driveway to turn around.
The shooting happened around 2 p.m. on Willbriar Lane in the Houston portion of Fort Bend County. Police identified the homeowner as Seth Daigre and said he faces two counts of aggravated assault. The case centers on a brief driveway dispute that police said turned into gunfire, leaving bullet damage to the family’s car but no reported injuries.
A woman who asked not to be named said her son-in-law and granddaughter had just left her home when they pulled into the next-door driveway to turn around. Police said Daigre came outside and began arguing with them. “My daughter tried to de-escalate the situation by saying, ‘It’s not that serious, sir,’” the woman said. She said Daigre answered, “Oh yes, it is,” before brandishing a gun and firing.
Investigators said Daigre fired several rounds at the vehicle, paused, then fired again. Neighbors told police they heard more than a dozen shots. Officers later found one bullet in the front passenger seat, where the 13-year-old girl had been sitting, and another lodged in the back of the car. Police said Daigre admitted firing at the car twice. When asked why he did not call police, he allegedly said he “had a lot going on.”
Records cited in the report show Daigre had no criminal history in Texas. He has owned the Willbriar Lane home since 2016, and neighbors said he had long objected to drivers using the driveway to turn around. They said he sometimes blocked it with trash cans. The victim’s grandmother said that frustration did not justify gunfire. “She’s gonna be traumatized for a long time,” the grandmother said of the girl.
Daigre was booked in the Fort Bend County Jail and held on an $80,000 bond. The aggravated assault charges remain pending as investigators review the shooting, witness accounts and physical evidence from the vehicle. Police have not reported any injuries, and no additional charges had been announced in the initial report.
The case now moves through Fort Bend County court proceedings. As of Sunday, April 26, Daigre remained identified by police as the homeowner accused of firing into the family’s car after the driveway turnaround.
Author note: Last updated Sunday, April 26, 2026.