HOUSTON – Two men are dead after an officer-involved shooting late Sunday night inside a southwest Houston parking garage, police said.
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Two dead in Houston parking garage shooting
What we know:
Houston Police officers were dispatched around 11:45 p.m. to a report of a person down inside a parking garage at 8820 Westheimer Road in the Mid West and Briarmeadow area.
When officers arrived six minutes later, they found a gunman standing over an unresponsive male who had a gunshot wound.
According to police, officers ordered the gunman to drop his weapon. When the man failed to comply, multiple officers fired their weapons, striking him.
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Houston Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced both men deceased.
What we don’t know:
The identities of the victim and the gunman have not yet been released, and police said the gunman’s criminal history is currently unknown.
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The shooting remains under investigation by the Houston Police Department.