Suspect wearing Michael Myers mask is said to have shot and killed a man on Halloween

HOUSTON (KTRK) — Police in Harris County, Texas, are investigating after a father was killed in his garage on Halloween night.

According to police, neighbors reported seeing a man wearing a Michael Hyers “Halloween” mask at the time of the murder.

Authorities say they found a man shot to death around 11 o'clock last night in this garage on Hawk's Nest Drive in northwest Harris County.

According to investigators, they received several calls, one from one of the victim's young daughters, after hearing several gunshots.

The family has identified the man as 38-year-old Eric Pait Jr.

Authorities said several neighbors told them they saw a masked man walking down the sidewalk before they heard the shots.

A neighbor's camera caught this 15 minutes before the four police officers arrived.

“Are we 100% sure this was the person who did it? No,” said Sgt. Michael Ritchie of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. “But yeah, they said someone was wearing a Michael Myers Halloween mask. This is our opportunity.” Suspect who committed this shooting,”

On August 16 of that year, Carman Peterson, Pait's estranged wife, was murdered in her apartment at FM 1960.

According to authorities, he was involved in the murder of his estranged wife.

In September, we spoke to Carman's sisters, who made the terrible discovery.

Martha Stargill and Kimberly White, the victim's sisters: “It was heartbreaking and devastating. Like I never thought I would see my murdered sister lying in bed,” said Martha Stargill and Kimberly White, Peterson’s sisters. “With so many bullet wounds.”

The sheriff's office told us Friday that the investigation into Carman's murder is ongoing and investigators are working to determine if there is a connection between these two cases.

Meanwhile, Pait's mother tells us that she is caring for her three children, 10 and 12 year old girls and a 2 year old little boy, while hoping for justice for her son and for Carman, as she says a daughter for her .

The victim's mother says the two girls were at home at the time of their father's murder.