Overview
- A family dispute between two adult brothers on the 2500 block of Craigmont Street escalated into a struggle over weapons that ended with one brother shot and later pronounced dead, according to police.
- Officers were called to the Craigmont Street disturbance around 8 p.m. on Friday and the suspected shooter fled on foot before being apprehended by police.
- Hours later, near 11:30 p.m. Friday, officers found an adult man with a gunshot wound to the head at a corner store on the 8900 block of Cullen Boulevard; he was taken to a hospital in critical condition and any suspects had left before police arrived.
- Detectives are collecting surveillance video, interviewing witnesses and processing recovered firearms to determine who held which weapon and the exact sequence of events in both incidents.
- Police say findings from forensic work and interviews will shape any charges and reflect broader concerns about a recent pattern of nighttime shootings in the area that has alarmed residents.