A teenage boy was fatally shot early Wednesday morning after he was allegedly found inside the vehicle of an off-duty Texas Department of Public Safety trooper.

The teen was identified Thursday as 17-year-old Ronald Elizondo Jr., according to Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office investigator Heraldo Pena.

Elizondo had "trauma to his chest," Pena said. It is unknown how many times Elizondo was shot.

Corpus Christi police officers were called to the 7000 block of Clubgate Drive, near Lipes Boulevard, about 1:30 a.m., Senior Officer Travis Pace said.

The 30-year-old trooper, who has not been identified, provided aid to the teen until paramedics arrived, police said. The teen was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

The trooper told police his security system alerted him that someone was on his property. The trooper confronted the person who was inside the trooper's personal vehicle on his driveway, police said.

"There was some type of confrontation that led to the homeowner shooting the suspect," Pace said.

Details of the confrontation have not been made public.

The Corpus Christi Police Department is leading the investigation with support from the Texas Rangers, the investigative division of DPS.

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