3 children wounded in gang crossfire in southwest Houston

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Three children shot in gang crossfire in Gulfton area, Chauncy Glover reports.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Police responded to reports that multiple kids were shot Wednesday afternoon in southwest Houston.

Three young people, including an 11-year-old girl, were walking home from a Family Dollar Store when they were wounded on Gulfton Street.

According to a witness at the scene, the little girl was shot in the shoulder and the two teenage boys were shot in the leg and the foot.

Business owners feared a shooting would happen after HPD's Gulfton storefront closed.

"It's not the same," Gerardo Guerrero said.

An eyewitness who tried to help said the youths were rushed to the hospital.

Police are now searching for a white SUV.

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