March 29, 2024

09.19.16 Accidental Shooting Fatality

2016-52670 – On September 19th at approximately 2:37 p.m., officers were dispatched to Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital in reference to a shooting victim that been dropped off with a gunshot wound to his upper leg. Upon arrival officers learned that the victim,  a 24 year old Baytown man, had been dropped off at the hospital by an acquaintance, who officers were able to locate at the hospital. Early in the investigation officers learned that the shooting had actually occurred at a residence in the 400 block of Inwood Street and that it may have been an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound. The victim was pronounced deceased at the hospital. The case is currently under investigation.