At about 5 a.m. Phillip Panzica was shot and killed inside of his fiancee's vehicle after leaving an adult entertainment club, police said.
The two suspects, Bryant Christopher Watts, 28, and Aaron Jones, 31, were arrested hours later and have been charged with capital murder.
According to Houston police, Panzica was in the driver's seat of his fiancee's Kia Sorrento and she was in the passenger seat at the time.
The victim's fiancee told police the two suspects were sitting in the backseat when Watts told Panzica to "come clean" before shooting him multiple times.
Witnesses said they saw the suspects exit the vehicle, pull Panzica's body from the car and leave him in the roadway before demanding his fiancee to get out of the vehicle.
Watts and Jones then fled the scene in the SUV and the victim's fiancee flagged down a Metro bus driver to get help.
Police say hours later, officers spotted the black Kia Sorrento speeding down a roadway and pursued the vehicle.
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded and the pursuit ended in Concho County, Texas.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as Watts and police say he admitted to the carjacking and fatal shooting.
Both suspects were found to have large amounts of cash in their possession.
Panzica was in news headlines in February for allegedly having sex with a woman while on a Ferris wheel in Las Vegas.
Authorities said the woman in Las Vegas was not the same woman who witnessed the fatal shooting on Saturday.
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