Sleeping 12-year-old is killed when he’s shot through bedroom window, Texas cops say
Shots fired into an apartment overnight killed a 12-year-old child, Texas deputies say.
The boy was asleep in his bedroom with two other children on March 4 when someone walked up to the bedroom window and fired shots, deputies told KTRK.
Investigators told KTRK the shooting may have been targeted.
Deputies did not identify the 12-year-old.
The shooting at an apartment complex in Cloverleaf happened just after 3 a.m., KHOU and Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
Police say two girls, 6 and 7 years old, were in the same room while the 12-year-old’s mother and a man were in another room, according to Fox 26. They were unharmed.
The 12-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, and the suspect fled, Gonzalez said.
Cloverleaf is about 15 miles east of Houston.
This story was originally published March 4, 2024 at 10:44 AM with the headline "Sleeping 12-year-old is killed when he’s shot through bedroom window, Texas cops say."
