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Roommate found shot to death in southeast Houston, police investigating

Man finds roommate shot to death in southeast Houston (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

HOUSTON – Police in Houston are piecing together what led up to a deadly shooting at a home on the southeast side late Monday night.

It happened around midnight when investigators said they got a call from a man who found his roommate shot to death. When officers arrived at an apartment on Martin Luther King Boulevard near Hobby Airport, they learned there may have been 4 people in the home when the shooting went down.

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The shooting victim has been described as a man in his 50s.

Two people left the scene before the police arrived and the third was the roommate, who called for help. However, they didn’t actually see what happened so there are no details on the shooter, however, and police have shared no other information as of this writing.

An investigation is still underway and officers are asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).


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