Detectives with the Houston Police Department are piecing together details of a deadly scene that unfolded in a shopping strip on Corporate and Beechnut Monday night.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) A 15-year-old was shot and killed Monday night in the Alief area, according to police.
It happened outside an apartment complex on Cook Road near Beechnut around 6:25 p.m. According the Houston Police Department, the teen was found dead in the parking lot. He had been shot in the stomach.
Police say the teen was shot during an apparent drug deal. We believe it was a narcotics transaction with regard to that. Don t want to (stereotype) the situation, but it did not go well, said Detective C. Lamont with HPD Homicide.
A preliminary investigation indicated there are at least two suspects.