Person found dead in Fort Bend Houston backyard may have been shot, HPD says

Thursday, April 11, 2024
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A person found dead in a southwest Houston neighborhood next to a high school campus appeared to have been shot, police said Wednesday.

The Houston Police Department said its Southwest Patrol officers were called at 1:35 p.m. to the 6300 block of Costa Mesa Drive near Court and Chimney Rock roads, where the city limits overlap with Fort Bend County.
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HPD's Homicide Division added that the call was for a male's body in a backyard. The person's age was not immediately disclosed.

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Police initially received an assist-an-officer call before upgrading it to a shooting. At least two people, not necessarily suspects, were detained, HPD said.

The neighborhood is just a block north of Fort Bend Independent School District's Willowridge High School. Eyewitness News contacted the district to determine whether any precautionary measures were made amid the police response.
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