Brother recalls heartbreaking final moments of teen shot dead near his apartment after 17-year-old ‘died in his arms’

A 17-year-old boy has died in the arms of his brother after being shot near his apartment Monday, police said.

The brother recalled the victim’s final moments as Texas police are still searching for a suspect who is considered armed and dangerous.

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“Now every day I gotta wake up and go sit on the stairs knowing that my brother died across the street,” the brother said.

“I was holding him while he died. He died in my arms.”

The 17-year-old was shot dead and another was injured after shots were fired at an apartment complex in Sherman, Texas, KXII reported.

“I start hearing gunshots, and I seen my brother get shot twice in the chest right there by the car,” the brother told KXII.

“He starts running towards the other vehicle that was over here and her was trying to duck behind and they shot him again in the leg.”

The motivation behind the shooting is currently unknown.

Texas Rangers are assisting local officials with the investigation.

The brother of the victim said he will always remember Monday’s heartbreaking events.

“I heard his last words and everything. It really messes me up in every way,” he said.

“I kept on telling him he was going to be okay and that’s when he said ‘I love you’ before his eyes rolled back into his head.”

The US Sun has reached out to Sherman police regarding this issue, but they did not immediately respond for comment.