HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man was shot and killed during an attempted carjacking in west Houston on Wednesday morning, according to Houston police.

The Houston Police Department said officers were called out to the Home Town Studios motel at about 2:20 a.m. Wednesday after getting reports of a shooting.

Police said, according to a witness, a man between 30 and 40 years old was around the area feeding the homeless when a guy came up to him asking him for money.