An investigation is underway after a drive-by shooting left a man is dead and his teen neighbor wounded in west Houston late Friday, police said.
According to Houston police Lt. R. Willkens, the shooting occurred in the 4400 block of Bugle Road near South Kirkwood Road.
Shortly before 11:30 a.m., a man in his 30s and his 17-year-old neighbor were hanging out in the yard when at some point, shots were fired from an apparent vehicle.
Police said the adult man’s mother was inside at home during the drive-by when she heard gunshots. She then came out and found her son dead at the scene and their neighbor wounded.
The teen is currently in critical condition at the hospital.
“We have a handful of pistol casings, it appears the driveway, our victims may have returned fire, we don’t know that for a fact, there are some weapons on the scene that are still here,” said Lt. Willkens.
Detectives are looking for surveillance video to find the alleged shooter.
An investigation is ongoing to determine the motive of the shooting.
Anyone with information in this case is asked to call HPD Homicide at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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According to Houston police Lt. R. Willkens, the shooting occurred in the 4400 block of Bugle Road near South Kirkwood Road.
Shortly before 11:30 a.m., a man in his 30s and his 17-year-old neighbor were hanging out in the yard when at some point, shots were fired from an apparent vehicle.
Police said the adult man’s mother was inside at home during the drive-by when she heard gunshots. She then came out and found her son dead at the scene and their neighbor wounded.
The teen is currently in critical condition at the hospital.
“We have a handful of pistol casings, it appears the driveway, our victims may have returned fire, we don’t know that for a fact, there are some weapons on the scene that are still here,” said Lt. Willkens.
Detectives are looking for surveillance video to find the alleged shooter.
An investigation is ongoing to determine the motive of the shooting.
Anyone with information in this case is asked to call HPD Homicide at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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