Crime & Safety
Man Shoots Up Teen Party, Killing Boy 13, Wounding 6: Police Say
Police said a man who refused a pat-down search to get into a club, came back and fired about 20 shots at the club killing 1 and wounding 6.
HOUSTON — A 13-year-old boy was killed and five others were injured when a man fired off about shots at a club in north Houston, police said. The shooting happened at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday in 4500 block of Yale Street.
Witnesses told police that a man tried to get into the club which was hosting a teen party, but was not let in because he refused a pat-down search by security. The man left the area, but returned a short time later and started a fight in the parking lot that erupted into gunfire.
Investigators said as many as 20 rounds were fired toward the club, sending bullets and flying glass into the club.
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Angel Morales, 13, was inside the club when he was shot to death. At least two adults and two other juveniles were shot or suffered cuts from the flying glass.
The gunman took off in a blue Dodge Magnum.
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