Harris County shooting: Man found dead in apartment on Woodforest Boulevard days after initial shooting
Man found dead days after Harris County deputies were called
FOX 26 Reporter Damali Keith spoke with residents who are shocked by the bizarre events.
HOUSTON - A bizarre incident leaves a man dead inside his apartment for days, even though deputies immediately responded to his shooting. It happened in Northeast Harris County.
As it turns out, over the weekend, a neighbor called 911 saying they heard at least one gunshot coming from a particular apartment. So Harris County Sheriff’s deputies arrived, knocked, didn’t get an answer and left.
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Days later, the man was found by a family member shot dead inside his apartment.
"He’s been dead since Saturday. Make that make sense and y’all are just finding out on Monday," says neighbor Ocealia Adams.
Residents in the Timber Run Apartments are in disbelief.
"It’s sad. I don’t understand," Adams adds.
Not only because one of their neighbors was shot and killed inside his apartment at the complex there on Woodforest Boulevard, but also because when the gunfire rang out Saturday someone called 911 reporting they thought the sound came from the man’s apartment. Harris County Sheriff’s deputies went to check it out, but left when no one answered the door.
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"My thing is if you knock on the door, and you don’t respond, why don’t you go in?" Adams asks.
"I heard about two or three gunshots on Saturday. It made me nervous by me being disabled. I didn’t know what was going on," says another neighbor.
"It’s very scary because we don’t know the situation, if it was personal or random," says resident Janice Luckey.
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Days after deputies went to the apartment, the man’s sister, on Monday, broke down the door, finding her brother was fatally shot.
"It could be me," says a woman named Paulette, who lives in the complex.
"I’m going to watch my surroundings, be more aware of what’s around me now," adds Luckey.
According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, during a welfare check, deputies can only knock and check the perimeter. They can’t force entry or go into a home unless they hear or see something suspicious.
The person who shot and killed the man hasn’t been caught yet.