HOUSTON — Four people, the youngest being 10 years old, were wounded in a shooting in southeast Houston on Thursday night. Police on Monday said a 15-year-old boy has been arrested in the case.
Editor's note: The above video is from KHOU 11's previous coverage of this story.
According to Houston police, the happened at a house along Collier Street, which is north of Highway 90 alt and west of the Gulf Freeway.
At a news conference Thursday night, HPD Assistant Chief Megan Howard said that at around 9 p.m., three men in masks approached the family who was out on the porch and the masked gunmen approached them. The family was able to run back inside moments before the gunman knocked on the door.
Eventually, the front door was opened and two of the suspects began firing inside.
Howard said that the victims were all juveniles, ages 10, 14, 15 and 16. Three of them were hit in their extremities and one in the abdomen. All four were taken to the hospital.
KHOU 11’s Deevon Rahming spoke with the aunt of the victims who said the four that were shot were her two nieces and nephews.
She said her 15-year-old nephew was placed on a breathing tube and had lost a kidney and part of his colon.
The aunt we spoke with says her sister-in-law opened the door to see if maybe she could "resolve things with the masked suspects" who then pushed her out of the way and started shooting inside the home, before running off.
After the shooting, Howard said the suspects ran off. Police on Monday said a 15-year-old had been arrested and charged in the case. They're still looking for two more suspects.
The family is devastated after the traumatizing incident.
"They didn't care who was shot, they just started shooting everywhere," the aunt of the kids said.
Grandfather Jose Berrones said he remembers the moment the shots rang out. He said one of his grandsons kept yelling that he thought he was going to die.
He said the gunman told them that if they didn't open the door, they would knock it down and kill everyone inside.
A cousin said it started over a beef on social media.
"It's just a really dumb reason to come and do something, especially because there's little kids living in this house and elderly people," a cousin said.
If you have any information about this incident, you're asked to contact HPD at 713-884-3131 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477.