A man is dead after being accidentally shot by a friend at an apartment near Texas Southern University.
say it happened just after 11 p.m. at the apartment complex located in the 3600 block of Rosewood Street.HPD officers arrived at the scene to find TSU police officers had stopped a vehicle just outside the gated complex.His friends told police they were trying to take him to the hospital. Houston Fire Department arrived and transported the victim to the hospital where he was pronounced dead from his injuries.Police say that the victim's roommate was handling a gun that he believed was unloaded. The roommate pulled the trigger and the weapon fired, hitting the victim.The identity of the victim is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.