A 12-year-old child is now dead after reportedly being shot in east Harris County.
– A 12-year-old boy is now dead after reportedly being shot in east Harris County early Monday morning.
The shooting took place at an apartment complex in the 13920 block of Alderson Street in the Cloverleaf area. According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, deputies responded to a unit at the apartment around 3 a.m. Gonzalez said it appeared that the shooter went up to a window and opened fire directly into the bedroom of a small, corner unit.
There were reportedly two other children, ages 6 and 7, and two adults in the room at the time of the shooting. They were unharmed.“Any time it involves a child, it just hurts a little bit more,″ Gonzalez said. “Just heartbreaking, thinking that this child would probably be getting ready for school very soon. And unfortunately, that’s not going to happen.”units responded to an apt unit at 13921 Alderson. It appears a suspect fired shots into the unit, striking a 12-year-old child.
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