Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of a male at 8300 Gulf Freeway (South Interstate Highway 45) service road about 3:55 a.m. on Sunday (March 23).
The suspect, Santino Silen Hand, 20, is charged with murder in the 179th State District Court. A booking photo of Hand is attached to this news release.
The identity of the deceased male, 16, is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
HPD Homicide Division Detectives E. May and C. Sharp reported:
HPD patrol officers responded to a shooting in a parking lot at the above address and found an unresponsive male with a gunshot wound. Houston Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced the male deceased.
According to witnesses, the victim got into an altercation with a suspect after leaving an after-hours club at the location. The suspect shot the victim and then fled the scene in his vehicle. The suspect, later identified as Hand, was arrested during a traffic stop by Northeast Patrol Division officers.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office was contacted and Hand was subsequently charged and booked into the Harris County Jail.
