Malerick Romaine Rhodes, a 19-year-old from Orange, Texas, was fatally shot inside an apartment at 10910 Gulf Freeway in Houston on May 13, 2021, around 1:30 a.m. Houston police found Rhodes with gunshot wounds; Houston Fire Department paramedics rendered aid but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say a group of males was in the apartment when the shooting occurred. A 15-year-old male was also shot and taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to survive; investigators have suggested that juvenile’s wound may have been accidental. The Houston Police Department Homicide Division, led by Detective S. Overstreet and Sergeant K. Meek, is handling the active investigation. No arrests or named suspects have been announced.

If anyone has information about who was in that apartment or the events that night, contact the HPD Homicide Division or Crime Stoppers.