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 8:44 AM with the headline "Sleeping 12-year-old is killed when he’s shot through bedroom window, Texas cops say."
