State officials and Houston police are investigating an incident where an off-duty Texas State Trooper shot his neighbor after mistaking him for a home intruder.
Houston police said the shooting happened shortly after midnight on Monday at a high-rise apartment building in the downtown area.
The trooper told police that he was inside his own apartment when he heard someone at his front door trying to break in. So the trooper fired his gun one time through the door. A bullet struck the man in his right shoulder. First responders found him on a different floor and took him to the hospital. Police say he’s expected to survive the wound.
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In a briefing, police called the man who was shot a “suspect” and described him as a Black man in his 30s, but the building’s ownership group released a statement clarifying that the burglary suspect in question was actually a resident who lives in the building on a different floor. The company believes it was strictly a case of mistaken identity.
“At approximately 12:20 a.m. this morning (September 25th), an incident occurred involving two residents at 500 Crawford Apartments. The Houston Police Department investigation is still ongoing, but at this point, we believe the incident to be a case of one resident mistaking another resident’s apartment as their own. While the first resident attempted to gain access to the wrong apartment, the other resident – who we are told is a member of local law enforcement – fired through the door, striking the resident in the shoulder. It is our understanding that the resident who was injured is in stable condition at a local hospital. The Finger Companies is fully cooperating with the HPD investigation and will release additional information as it becomes available.”
Police haven’t identified…
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