On April 23, 2026 at 5:38 pm, Officers with the Corpus Christi Police Department were dispatched to the 5400 block of S Staples St. in reference to a Shooting. 

Once Officers arrived, they located an adult male with a gunshot wound and immediately began administering first aid. Medics arrived and transported the male to a local hospital where he later passed away from his injuries. 

Due to the nature of the call, Detectives with CCPD’s Criminal Investigations Division were called to the scene. Preliminary investigation suggests that a possible robbery occurred and a weapon was produced.

Officers detained multiple people on scene, including the suspected shooter. Witnesses will be transported back to Main Station to be formally interviewed by CID. 

This is an isolated incident and an active and ongoing investigation. 

If you have any information about 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=.