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17-Year-Old Taken Into Custody After Fatal Shooting of Westbury Senior LePaul Warren
Houston police said a 17-year-old was taken into custody following the shooting death of Westbury High School senior LePaul Warren. Police had not established a motive in the cited update.
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Westbury High School senior LePaul Warren, 17, was fatally shot near the school in southwest Houston on Friday 25 September. His family identified him publicly, and the shooting deeply affected the school community.
Houston police said they took a 17-year-old suspect into custody that evening near Hillcroft Avenue. Chief J. Noe Diaz said investigators used witness accounts, security footage, phone data and surveillance in the investigation. The youth's identity is not published here.
Police said a firearm was recovered, but they had not yet confirmed whether it was the gun used in the shooting. They had not established a motive or the precise relationship between the young people in the cited report. Being detained is not a conviction, and a charge was not confirmed in that report.
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