Investigation underway in shooting death of teen dropped off at Willowbrook Hospital emergency room

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HOUSTON – Houston police are investigating the fatal shooting of a teen who was dropped off at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Monday afternoon.

HPD officers were dispatched to the hospital in the 18200 block of Tomball Parkway / State Highway 249 shortly before 2 p.m. after a teen suffering a gunshot wound was brought to the emergency room.

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Doctors pronounced the victim, who was 17 years old, dead.

His identity is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

It was not known where the shooting occurred or the motive behind it.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or speak anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.


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