@Pct4Constable responded to in-progress call at home located at 6700 blk of Atasca Creek Drive. Preliminary info: two males, late teens, playing w a handgun, gun discharged striking one male. Male transported via EMS & pronounced deceased. @HCSOTexas Homicide/CSU enroute #hounews pic.twitter.com/v1aaWXMU3l — Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) September 30, 2018

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Our office is on a shooting scene in the 6700 blk of Atasca Creek Dr. A 17 year old male was transported to a local hospital with a gun shot wound and pronounced dead. Homicide detectives are on scene and the case is under investigation. pic.twitter.com/CYEmJ6n6Zs — Mark Herman, Harris County Constable Precinct 4 (@Pct4Constable) September 30, 2018

ATASCOCITA, Texas (KTRK) -- A teen is dead after an accidental shooting that happened while he and a friend were playing with a gun.According to a tweet from Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, deputies responded to the 6700 block of Atasca Creek Drive in Atascocita about a call of an accidental shooting.Sheriff Gonzalez said two teens were playing with the handgun when it accidentally discharged and struck one of them.The 17-year-old male was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.