- One person died and 14 others were injured after a shooting broke out at a family barbecue in Texas
- The Houston Police Department said that an “uninvited guest” showed up and was asked to leave before the shooting started
- “It’s still very complicated. It was chaotic from the get-go,” said Patricia Cantu, the department’s assistant police chief
One person is dead and more than a dozen others were injured after a shooting broke out during a party in Texas.
During a press conference on Sunday, May 4, Houston Police Department (HPD) Assistant Police Chief Patricia Cantu said that multiple people called 911 at around 12:50 a.m. local time to report that a shooting had broken out at a family gathering inside a home on Cherry Hills Road on the city’s southeast side.
An “uninvited guest” — who has not been publicly identified — arrived at the house party and was asked to leave, but then began shooting a gun, which prompted other guests to draw weapons and return fire, Cantu said.
As police arrived, Cantu said that gunshots could still be heard, and officers saw injured people in various locations around the property.
According to the assistant chief, officers at the scene then devised a plan to bring any injured people to a nearby Jack in the Box restaurant parking lot to treat them. Paramedics from the Houston Fire Department also responded to the scene to treat victims, but police officers were still receiving calls about ongoing gunfire.
Cantu added that several people were taken to a nearby hospital and others drove themselves to area hospitals for treatment. Fourteen total people were injured and one person — whose age and identity have not been made public — died. Multiple people received critical injuries and are in surgery, and others are stable.
“It’s still very complicated,” Cantu told reporters. “It was chaotic from the get-go.”
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One person who was at the party when the gunshots rang out was Brandon Angel, who told local outlet ABC 13 he feared for his life.
“You just see a lot of people start scattering, people on the floor, everybody trying to get cover, people pushing other people,” Angel said, recalling police stopped him after he got away from the house.
“We tried to get out as fast as we could, and whenever I got to the corner store to wait for my brother, I got detained,” Angel added.
Police spokesperson Jodi Silva also told ABC 13 that while multiple people have been detained, no arrest had been made nearly 12 hours after the shooting.
Cantu added that anyone with knowledge of what happened at the party or anyone who self-reported to a hospital should contact Houston police’s homicide division at 713-308-3600 or call Crimestoppers at 713-222-5237 (TIPS).
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