Houston shooting: 1 dead at Allendale apartment, neighbors heard gunshots and thud

HOUSTON - One person is dead after a shooting at an apartment complex in Allendale early Friday morning.

Houston police arrived in the 4800 block of Allendale Road at 1:17 a.m. after receiving a call about a firearm discharge.

Neighbors in the apartment below told police they heard three gunshots and a thud hit the floor. They then say it sounded like someone jumping out the back window of where the apartment was.

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When police arrived, they saw the apartment where the shooting occurred vacant but when they entered, officers found a man in his 30s dead from gunshot wounds.

According to officers, there were a couple of casings on the ground and a few bullet holes.

Authorities are still investigating the scene to piece together what happened. Anyone with information is asked to call HPD Homicide.