CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas —
UPDATE:
A suspect has been arrested and the victim identified in an early Tuesday shooting that left a man dead on Corpus Christi's Westside.
The Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim Wednesday as Nickolas C. Lara, 22. His cause of death was gunshot wounds.
By Tuesday afternoon, detectives with the department's robbery-homicide unit had secured a murder warrant for Julian Hinojosa, 24. Police, backed by the SWAT Team, Drone Unit, Gang Unit and U.S. Marshals Service, arrested Hinojosa in the 3000 block of Horne Road. He was interviewed at Main Station and booked into the City Detention Center.
ORIGINAL:
A man in his early 20s has died after a shooting early Tuesday in Corpus Christi.
Officers responded to the 300 block of Brooks Drive at 1:21 a.m. and found the man with a gunshot wound, police spokeswoman Madeline Commons said. Officers administered first aid until medics arrived.
Detectives with the department's criminal investigations division robbery-homicide unit were called to the scene, Commons said. Multiple people at the residence were detained and taken to the main station for formal interviews, she said.
The man was transported to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to a Corpus Christi Police Department news release. A disturbance between people who knew each other took place before the man was shot, the release stated. Police said the incident is considered isolated.
The investigation remains active and ongoing. Police have not released the man's identity.
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 p3tips.com.
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