Suspect kills self in front of mom, Houston-area officer

Source: Associated Press

Suspect kills self in front of mom, Houston-area officer

Updated 5:13 pm, Sunday, February 21, 2016

KATY, Texas (AP) — A 17-year-old killed himself in a Houston-area sheriff's office parking lot early Sunday after his mother drove him there to surrender for a fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man, authorities said Sunday.

Harris County sheriff's Sgt. Cedrick Collier said the shooting happened in front of the teenager's mother and a sheriff's sergeant. Collier said the sergeant was leaving the building just after 5 a.m. when he noticed a car parked with its headlights on and approached to see if the people inside needed help.

Collier said the woman told the sergeant that she was there to turn her son in for the shooting that happened earlier in the morning in Katy.

"His mom got out of the vehicle and stated that her son shot someone earlier that day and that he was a person of interest," Collier said.


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