{"id":263665,"date":"2026-04-24T01:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263665\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:28:07","slug":"shooting-outside-smoke-shop-in-corpus-christi-leaves-one-man-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263665\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting outside smoke shop in Corpus Christi leaves one man dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating a possible robbery tied to a fatal shooting. A suspect is in custody, and several witnesses are being interviewed.<\/p>\n<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 One man has died after a shooting outside Mr. Nice Guys smoke shop in the 5400 block of S Staples Street in Corpus Christi, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The Corpus Christi Police Department said officers were called to the area just after 5:30 p.m. on Thursday for reports of gunfire. When they arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound and began giving first aid.<\/p>\n<p>                                        &#13;<br \/>\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                        &#13;<br \/>\n                                            This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The man was taken to a local hospital by paramedics, where he later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Police say early information suggests the shooting may have started during a possible robbery, during which a weapon was involved.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives with the Corpus Christi Police Department\u2019s Criminal Investigations Division responded to continue the case.<\/p>\n<p>Several people were detained at the scene, including a suspected shooter. Witnesses are being interviewed at police headquarters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the case is considered isolated, and the investigation is still active.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact the Corpus Christi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 361-886-2840. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are investigating a possible robbery tied to a fatal shooting. A suspect is in custody, and several&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-263665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}