On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at 9:19pm, officers were dispatched to the 4100 block of Brett Street in reference to a shooting with injuries.

Officers arrived at the location and could not locate a shooting victim. Officers located a crime scene in the parking lot and spoke with witnesses.

Officers determined that a drug transaction between two males turned into a robbery when one of the males produced a firearm and shot the 18-year-old victim. The victim left the scene in a white passenger car.

At 9:25pm, officers were dispatched to a shooting call for service and located the 18-year-old shooting victim and the vehicle at the 1400 block of Painter Street. Medics transported the victim to a local hospital with serious injuries.

The suspect was not located. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male wearing a grey hoodie. Officers do not believe this to be a random act of violence.

This is still an active and ongoing investigation. If you have any information pertaining to this incident, you are encouraged to call the Corpus Christi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 361-886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and still provide information to detectives should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the tip online at https://www.p3tips.com/TipForm.aspx?ID=343&C=&T=.&nbsp.