HOUSTON – A young man was fatally shot outside a convenience store in southwest Houston on Sunday evening, according to the Houston Police Department.
Officers responded around 7 p.m. to the 8900 block of Braesmont Drive after a 911 caller reported seeing someone lying in the grass.
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When officers with HPD officers arrived, they found a male believed to be in his late teens or early 20s suffering from a gunshot wound. Houston Fire Department EMS personnel responded and pronounced him dead at the scene.
According to investigators, the shooting stemmed from a fight between two males in the parking lot of a convenience store. During the altercation, one of the men pulled out a firearm and shot the other man once.
The suspect fled the scene with the weapon before officers arrived.
Police described the suspect as a man in his late teens to early 20s. No arrests had been made as of Sunday night.
Investigators said the convenience store was open at the time of the shooting, though it was not immediately known whether the victim and suspect were customers.
A man and woman were briefly detained by officers after crossing the crime scene perimeter but were released about 30 minutes later.
HPD homicide detectives are leading the investigation.
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact the Houston Police Department or Crime Stoppers of Houston.