Teen charged with murder in northeast Houston convenience...

Houston police have charged a teenager in the shooting death of a 45-year-old store clerk near Spring Branch.

Brandon Veregas, 19, is facing a first-degree murder charge in his alleged role in Jose De Jesus Garcia's death at T&T Food Mart in the 4000 block of Hollister Road on Monday.

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The Houston Police Department was called out to the convenience store around 4 p.m. Monday to reports of a panic alarm.

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Police found several shell casings in the store's parking lot, a shattered glass door leading into the store and the body of a man in his 40s lying just inside the threshold.

The shots were fired from the parking lot through the store's glass front door, homicide Detective Adrian Lopez said on the day of the shooting. Witnesses told police they heard around 10 gunshots.

Veregas was arrested Wednesday, police said. Authorities did not immediately release a booking photo.

Jay R. Jordan is a breaking news reporter at Chron.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JayRJordan.