19-year-old dies after being dropped off at hospital with gunshot wound, HPD says

HOUSTON – A teen is dead after police said he was dropped off at a hospital with a gunshot wound in northeast Houston Tuesday evening.

Houston police responded to reports of a gunshot victim that was dropped off at a hospital located in the 500 block of W. Tidwell around 8:57 p.m.

Officers said when they arrived at the hospital, they found the teen, who is 19 years old, with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to Larry Crowson with HPD, the victim and four to five other people between 17 and 19 years old were in a car traveling down the street when someone in another vehicle fired several shots at them. Crowson said they then drove to the hospital, where the victim died.

Officers said the victim is believed to be between 16 and 19 years old.