HOUSTON – HPD homicide detectives spent hours combing an apartment complex in southwest Houston looking for evidence in a shooting that took the life of one young man and wounded another.
Investigators said shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday evening the two victims were in a breezeway at the Waterfall Park Apartments in the 7500 block of Corporate Drive near Beltway 8 and Bellaire when witnesses heard five or six shots.
According to police, two suspects got out of a vehicle in the parking lot and approached the victims, when one of the suspects opened fire.
One of the victims was hit multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene. The second victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
One person who lives here told Channel 2 he looked outside, saw the two males wounded on the ground, and a group of people running. He's not sure if they were involved in the shooting or simply running for cover.
"We're going to be here for a while speaking to people here," said homicide Detective Ivan Ulloa. "See if they saw anything or heard anything."
Police said it appears one of the victims lived at the apartment complex but the other did not. Investigators believe the victims are in their late teens to early 20s. Their identities have not been released.
They have no suspects or motive at this time.
Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
