HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are investigating a shooting after two people were found dead outside a southwest Houston apartment complex Saturday evening.
Houston police were called to an apartment complex at 8900 block of Bissonnet Street at around 5:39 p.m.
At the scene, they found two men dead and the suspects fled the scene.
HPD commanders & PIO are en route to a fatal shooting in the 8900 block of Bissonnet Street.Preliminary information is two males are deceased outside an apartment complex. The suspect(s) fled the scene in a vehicle. Please avoid the area and use alternate routes.#hounews pic.twitter.com/N9Bl3k3goH
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) September 23, 2023
The two victims were said to be a 20-year-old and a 40-year-old, police said.
Officers said that the shooting involved one gang member as one of the victims.
Police believe it was a targeted shooting, possibly gang-related.
According to police, one person has also been detained.
Additionally, police said that cars were involved in accident at the scene, but not related to the shooting.
Details were very limited early as an investigation is underway.
