HOUSTON – An investigation is underway after a 20-year-old man was fatally shot during a break-in at a home in northeast Harris County Wednesday night, deputies said.
Deputies said it happened around 11:25 p.m. at a home located in the 11900 block of Kingslake Forest Drive.
According to Sgt. Ben Beall with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Division, the victim, 20-year-old Francisco Orozco, was at the residence and called his brother, who went to the hospital with his wife around 8:30 p.m. Beall said he told his brother that someone was trying to break into the home and his brother told him to call 911. Deputies said Orozco tried calling his brother twice before the shooting.
Beall said Orozco called 911, and when deputies arrived, the house seemed secure. That’s until deputies said they got into the backyard and found a window had been broken.
Deputies said when the victim’s brother arrived at the house and went inside, he found he had been fatally shot in his bedroom.
Investigators said they have no suspect information. An investigation is currently underway.
Deputies said the suspect may have seen an ambulance leave and/or another family member leave and thought that nobody was in the house before the shooting occurred. Neighbors told investigators they did not hear gunshots.
Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to contact the HCSO Homicide Unit at (713) 274-9100 or Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS (8477).