Hard to believe
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:25 am
This is from today's Houston Chronicle. You just hate to believe that we live in a city with people this stupid. The last two paragraphs tell the real story.
Police say teen's shooting accidental; man arrested
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
Houston police made an arrest early Monday in what had been described as a possible gang-related shooting of a 17-year-old girl over the weekend. Instead, police now say it was an apparent accidental shooting.
Hector Cristobal Mejia-Estrada was charged with criminally negligent homicide after his arrest about 4 a.m., said Sgt. Mark Newcomb, a Houston Police Department homicide investigator. The 23-year-old was being held on $2,000 bail.
Another suspect, who had fled with Mejia-Estrada, will not be charged, Newcomb said.
The teenage victim was identified Monday as Cuban native Dailarys Torres of the 14000 block of Crosswinds. She died after she was shot in the abdomen Saturday afternoon at the complex in the 6500 block of Harbor Town, near Bellaire.
Newcomb said the shooting was the tragic result of horseplay. Torres was chasing Mejia-Estrada around the apartment with a broom when he brandished a weapon, Newcomb said. Mejia-Estrada playfully threatened to shoot Torres.
"He says, 'I'm going to shoot you. I'm going to shoot you,' and sure enough, the gun goes off," Newcomb said.
Torres died at the scene
Police say teen's shooting accidental; man arrested
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
Houston police made an arrest early Monday in what had been described as a possible gang-related shooting of a 17-year-old girl over the weekend. Instead, police now say it was an apparent accidental shooting.
Hector Cristobal Mejia-Estrada was charged with criminally negligent homicide after his arrest about 4 a.m., said Sgt. Mark Newcomb, a Houston Police Department homicide investigator. The 23-year-old was being held on $2,000 bail.
Another suspect, who had fled with Mejia-Estrada, will not be charged, Newcomb said.
The teenage victim was identified Monday as Cuban native Dailarys Torres of the 14000 block of Crosswinds. She died after she was shot in the abdomen Saturday afternoon at the complex in the 6500 block of Harbor Town, near Bellaire.
Newcomb said the shooting was the tragic result of horseplay. Torres was chasing Mejia-Estrada around the apartment with a broom when he brandished a weapon, Newcomb said. Mejia-Estrada playfully threatened to shoot Torres.
"He says, 'I'm going to shoot you. I'm going to shoot you,' and sure enough, the gun goes off," Newcomb said.
Torres died at the scene
