HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are investigating what led as much as a double taking pictures in west Houston within the early morning hours of Thanksgiving that left two teenage boys lifeless.
Houston police have been referred to as to an house advanced within the 11755 block of Southlake Drive, not removed from South Kirkwood Road, simply after midnight.
When officers arrived, they discovered two teenage boys, 17 and 18, with gunshot wounds.
Police mentioned the 18-year-old was shot within the chest and pronounced lifeless on the scene, and the 17-year-old was shot within the neck and brought to an space hospital, the place he later died.
ABC13 spoke to the mother of the 18-year-old who was killed. She shared a photograph of her son, President Wynn, and mentioned he had simply graduated highschool this previous spring.
She mentioned her son was unloading Thanksgiving groceries from the automobile when the taking pictures occurred.
“He would have been 19. He would have been 19 on Dec. 8. My baby was about to turn 19,” Tasha Cooke mentioned.
Investigators mentioned they do not have a lot data at the moment. They simply know there was some sort of combat within the courtyard of the house advanced, after which kin heard gunshots.
Detectives inform us the 2 teenagers have been cousins.
Investigators mentioned there may be one suspect they’re on the lookout for, although they do not have a very good description but. They discovered a number of shell casings on the scene.
Police mentioned they are going via surveillance video and speaking to witnesses as they piece collectively precisely what occurred.
Neighbors say sadly, they don’t seem to be shocked by the daring violence.
“I’m honestly numb to it. Its an unfortunate reality of how we have to live these days,” neighbor Tim Wigley mentioned.
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