KATY, TX (Covering Katy News) - An early morning shooting at a Katy area apartment complex is under investigation and the Harris County Sheriff's Office has now classified it as a murder. The shooting happened at the Cape at Grand Harbor Apartments at 24758 Grand Harbor Drive, off Katy Fort Bend Road between Kingsland Boulevard and the Katy Freeway.
UPDATE
On Sunday afternoon, the Harris County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Christopher Boyd and said he was murdered.
The Sheriff's Office did not reveal Boyd's age or the suspect's name. The investigation is ongoing, and additional details may be announced later.
What investigators are saying
"This appears to be an altercation between two males who knew each other," Harris County Sheriff's Office Deputy Thomas Gilliland told Covering Katy News.
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What a resident is saying
An apartment complex resident told Covering Katy that the shooting happened at about 5 a.m. He said the Texas Rangers and numerous Harris County Sheriff's Deputies were at the scene. He said the victim died on the property of the apartment complex.
"They have the whole complex closed and won't let any residents come or go from both the Cape and the Camden," he said.
The Camden at Grand Harbor Apartments are across the street from the Cape at Grand Harbor Apartments.
Investigators began allowing traffic in and out of the two apartment complexes later in the day.
This story was updated at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26. We expect to update this story again as more information becomes available.