19-year-old family member of 911 caller shot dead

HOUSTON – A 19-year-old was shot and killed Wednesday in a police-involved shooting on Tanglewilde Street in Houston after a family member informed him of a possible break-in, police said.

Houston Police Department patrol officers were called to an apartment complex after a resident saw three men breaking into the apartment on a security camera. One of the suspects even turned the camera downward, officials report.

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According to authorities, the resident called his family, before calling 911, and one of his family members, aged 19, arrived on scene before police. When the family member arrived, the suspects were no longer in the apartment.

Officers J. Simon and S. Salameh arrived on scene and saw a man matching the description of one of the burglary suspects in the area. They asked the man to stop and claimed he had a gun pointed in their direction. The police fired their weapons, hitting the 19-year-old once in the leg.

Houston police confirmed the man was a family member of the apartment resident. Authorities say he was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Authorities are investigating whether the man shot the officers during the incident.

Simon and Salameh have been HPD officers since August 2020 and May 2021, respectively.

Per protocol, the officer-involved shooting is being investigated by the HPD Special Investigations Unit, Internal Affairs Division and the Harris County Prosecutor’s Office.