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Incident at 10000 Bissonnet

June 11, 2005 -- Houston police have arrested and charged a juvenile suspect in the fatal shooting of a man at 10000 Bissonnet about 9:50 p.m. on Friday (June 10).

The identity of the deceased male victim, 55, has not been released at this time.

HPD Homicide Division Officers K. P. Carr and A. Mares reported:

Witnesses stated that the victim was walking through the Bissonnet Beltway Plaza when several teen-agers approached him. When the victim asked the teen-agers a question, one of the teens turned towards him fired at least four times. The victim, who was struck several times, managed to walk to a nearby restaurant where he collapsed. He was transported by ambulance to Memorial Hermann Hospital where he later died.

Witnesses observed the suspect and the other teen-agers fled into a nearby apartment. Officers obtained the consent to search that apartment. Once inside, they found the suspect and several firearms, including the one possibly used in this incident.

The juvenile suspect, 15, was released into the custody of Harris County Juvenile probation officials on a charge of murder.

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