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Deputies called to crash scene in west Harris Co., find man shot to death

Initial call for auto-ped accident reveals to be deadly shooting (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

HOUSTON – Investigators in west Houston were called to a crash scene late Saturday night but found a man shot to death instead.

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It happened around 11:40 p.m. when deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office were called to Cozumel Apartments on Sierra Blanca off Westpark Tollway.

The initial call to their dispatch was for an auto-pedestrian accident but when officers arrived, found an unidentified man in his 40s with gunshot wounds.

Initial call for auto-ped accident reveals to be deadly shooting (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

It’s unclear what led up to the shooting, but witnesses reported seeing two men running from the car he was in shortly after he was shot.

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Deputies are not sure if the man shot is a resident of the apartment complex, and are asking people with any information to call HCSO at 713-274-9100 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS


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Historian, educator, writer, expert on "The Simpsons," amateur photographer, essayist, film & tv reviewer and race/religious identity scholar. Joined KPRC 2 in Spring 2024 but has been featured in various online newspapers and in the Journal of South Texas' Fall 2019 issue.

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