A man was shot and killed at a North Harris County apartment complex on Friday night, and the gunman remained on the run as deputies searched the area. The deadly shooting brought a heavy law enforcement response to the scene, where constable deputies set up a perimeter in an effort to track down the person responsible.
According to deputies, the violence broke out shortly before 8 o'clock in the evening near the playground of the Monticello on Cranbrook apartments, a complex on Ella Boulevard. Investigators were still working the scene later in the night as they tried to piece together exactly what led to the fatal gunfire at the property.
A man was shot and killed in the shooting, deputies said. His identity was not immediately released as the investigation got underway, with the early focus on locating the person believed to be responsible before he could get any farther from the scene of the deadly confrontation.
The shooter fled and was still at large, according to deputies, who set up a perimeter around the area in response. They described actively searching for the gunman in the hours after the shooting, with the apartment complex and the surrounding streets drawing a significant deputy presence through the night.
Deputies said the man they were searching for was last seen wearing a black tank top and a black pair of jeans. That description was the main detail released publicly as the search unfolded, with authorities working to locate the gunman while he remained unaccounted for in the neighborhood around the complex.
Deputies remained on the scene near the apartment complex playground into the late hours of the night as the search continued. Authorities had not released a motive or any additional details about the circumstances of the shooting, and no arrest had been announced as they pressed on with the manhunt.