Overview

• Officers were called just after 12:50 a.m. to the 1500 block of Rusk Drive following reports of gunfire inside a home
• An adult resident discovered two teen boys with gunshot wounds inside a bedroom
• Officers pronounced the 16-year-old dead at the scene; the 15-year-old was hospitalized in critical condition
• Investigators have not named a suspect; they continue forensic analysis and witness interviews
• This marks the second fatal teen shooting in Mesquite within a week after a July 24 case that left one teen dead and another wounded