1 dead, 1 injured in west Houston double shooting, HPD says

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A 26-year-old man is dead following a double shooting on Country Place near Memorial Drive in west Houston, police said.

The shooting happened a little after 9 p.m. Wednesday on the 700 block of Country Place. Officers with the Houston Police Department said they responded to a shots-fired call in the area.

HPD said that when officers arrived, they found a man lying in the breezeway of an apartment complex. Police said the victim appeared to have more than one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police added that they found narcotics near his body, but it's still unclear whose they belong to.

The victim's identity is still unknown.

At that time, police said they received a call about a man at a nearby emergency clinic with a gunshot wound in his arm. Officers said that the man told police he was shot at a location on Bissonnet, but the emergency clinic personnel said a black car drove up to their clinic and pushed the man out of the car.

Residents in the area told HPD they saw two or three Black men in the area immediately prior to the shooting.

Police continue their investigation and urge anyone who heard or saw anything to call HPD at 713-308-8800 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.