17-year-old dies after being shot while walking along Sims Bayou in SW Houston, police say

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A 17-year-old has died after he was shot in the leg while walking home along Sims Bayou in southwest Houston, police say.

HPD responded to a shooting call around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home on Anderson and Campden Hill and found the teen, who had been shot.
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According to police, the teen had been walking home along the bayou when someone shot him.

He called relatives, who loaded him into a pickup truck and took him to the house, then called 911.

An ambulance arrived to take him to the hospital, where he died.
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Police aren't sure if the teen was targeted and do not have information on a motive.

The teen's identity has not been released.

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