FROM THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE:
A newspaper delivery man shot and killed a teenager Sunday morning while apparently trying to defend himself, police said.
The identity of the 47-year-old Houston Chronicle delivery man was not disclosed because he was not arrested and no charges are expected to be filed, police said.
Alvaro Felix Garcia, 16, of the 600 block of Crestline, died of a gunshot wound to the chest during the 4:25 a.m. altercation in the 400 block of Charles, police said.
According to Houston Police Department Officer Breck McDonald, a group of youths approached the delivery man while he was turning his car around, allegedly threw a beer bottle at him and lunged toward him. At that point, the delivery man fired one shot and killed Garcia, said HPD spokeswoman Sandra Aponte.
Garcia is the city's 142nd homicide this year.
The delivery man fled the scene, Aponte said, and safely arrived at his place of work before he called 911.