To our community members in the Crosby & Baytown areas (East Harris County):
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has two active scenes, possibly related.
Preliminary information: At about 430am, at 2025 Kennings Rd, a gun shop owner encountered two possible burglary suspects. Gunfire was exchanged & suspects fled, but owner believes one was shot.
…At a 2nd scene, a male in his late teens/early 20s was found at 3800 Morelos Rd at about 441am, with a gunshot wound. The male was pronounced deceased at the scene.
I will be en route to the scenes.
****Update: 79 yr-old military vet/gun shop owner exchanged gunfire with suspects. The owner struck at least one. The suspects fled in vehicles.
At the 2nd scene, a male with a gunshot wound, CPR in progress is pronounced deceased. A couple pistols, believed to be taken during the burglary are recovered near the deceased male.
Two males are detained at the 2nd scene. The vehicle they were in appears the be one of the vehicles used in the commission of the burglary. The deceased is an adult Hispanic male.
Case will be referred to a grand jury.
Your Harris County Sheriff
Ed Gonzalez