1 dead in NE Houston double shooting

Saturday, December 12, 2020
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man died Saturday and another was injured in a shooting in a northeast Houston neighborhood.

It happened around 4:45 a.m. in the 8400 block of Compton Street near Shady Drive.
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While it wasn't clear what exactly happened or if others were involved, officers found a man who had been shot in the neck and another man with a graze wound to the leg.

Medics attempted to perform CPR on the man who was shot in the neck, witnesses said.
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The man with the graze wound was able to walk on his own to the ambulance before he was transported to a hospital.

The incident was one of at least four fatal shootings in the Houston area since 9 p.m. Friday.
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