Second deadly shooting at Meyerland corner store sheds light on "crime magnet" apartment complex

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston police are looking to question three people, possibly connected to the deadly shooting of a man at a corner store over the weekend in the Meyerland area.

On Sunday, near North Braeswood Boulevard, a surveillance camera captured three masked individuals walking into the Circle K around 12:50 a.m.

Officials said the victim, identified as Wendell Johnson, got into an argument with the masked men before being shot.

All three suspects were seen fleeing the area before police arrived.

Paramedics arrived and found the man shot and took him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.



This is the second deadly shooting within months at the same store and one of three shootings in the area.

Back in September, a 15-year-old was shot in the chest after a fight broke out between two groups of people. Officials said that, allegedly, it was 17-year-old Braelin James who fired the fatal shot.

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In May, a 17-year-old was injured, and an 18-year-old was killed after gunfire erupted across the street from the Life at Jackson Square Apartments. Officials said the three men connected to that case were arrested.

ABC13 has learned that the city has filed to have the apartment complex shut down. It has been described as a "nuisance" and a crime magnet, pointing to two homicides and several robberies in 2024.



The President of the Greater Meyerland Area Super Neighborhood, Harold Eaton, said several homeowners echoed the same sentiment.

"They either need to invest a lot of money into fixing it up, to make it decent, or shut it down and turn it into something else," Eaton said.

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However, the complex remains open.

ABC13 also learned that the complex is being sued by a contractor for $475,000 in unpaid work, according to a lawsuit.

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