Houston shooting: Suspect charged with murder in teen's death on Westmead in July
HOUSTON - Houston police are searching for a 17-year-old suspect who is charged in the deadly shooting of another teen in July.
Police say Mykel White, 17, is charged with murder and remains at-large. Authorities believe he may be in St. Louis, Missouri.
Salomon Pleitez, 17, was killed in the 1900 block of Westmead Drive on July 25. According to HPD, officers responded to a burglary of a motor vehicle call at an apartment complex and found Pleitez unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a Dodge Charger. He had been shot, and paramedics pronounced him dead.
Police say the investigation determined that Pleitez had been at the complex to meet with another male.
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Upon further investigation, police say White was identified as a suspect in the case, and a murder charge was filed.
Anyone with information on White’s whereabouts or in this case is asked to call the HPD Homicide Division at (713)308-3600 or speak anonymously to Crime Stoppers at (713)222-TIPS.