HOUSTON – Four people were shot late Sunday night after a meetup to buy a gun in northwest Harris County turned into a robbery.
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It happened in front of an apartment complex and Bammel N Houston Road and Fallbrook Drive around 11:45 p.m. when Sgt. Wade with the Harris Co. Sheriff’s Office said there was a “social media transaction” beforehand. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez later explained on X, that there was a plan between two groups of people to buy a gun.
Earlier this morning, @HCSOTexas deputies responded to a shooting at 10155 Bammel N. Houston. Preliminary: two separate parties of people meet in a parking lot to purchase a firearm. During the course of the sale, gunfire is exchanged between the two parties, in
— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) March 17, 2025
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During the sale, Sheriff Gonzalez said gunfire was exchanged “in what appears to be a robbery.”
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A total of four men were shot, but all are expected to survive. No additional information was shared, as of this writing, but an investigation remains underway.
