A man was found fatally shot outside a home in Houston, marking the city's latest instance of gun violence that authorities are scrambling to understand. The incident occurred at 6146 Glenhurst Drive around 7:55 p.m. on Friday, with the victim, a 55-year-old man, whose identity remains undisclosed as officials await the proper moment to inform his family, as reported on the City of Houston official news site.
Officers from the Houston Police Department, summoned by distress calls to the scene, discovered the victim lying unresponsive in the driveway, the grimness of the night shattered by a solitary gunshot wound that ultimately sealed his fate; Houston Fire Department paramedics arrived thereafter, only to pronounce the man deceased at the scene according to a statement obtained by the City of Houston News.
Sergeant W. Dunn and Detective M. Providence of the HPD Homicide Division are spearheading the investigation.
The Houston Police Department is reaching out to the public, imploring anyone with information that could lead to unraveling this thread of violence to step forward, generously affording the number 713-308-3600 for the HPD Homicide Division or the alternative path through Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS to report anonymously.
