Guest finds gun, kills homeowner through wall

A 48-year-old Harris County man was killed Tuesday night while watching TV in his bed when a house guest pulled the trigger on a gun he assumed was not loaded, authorities said.

The visitor, identified as Norez Hargrove, was in the living room of the north Harris County suburban home on the 2200 block of Laurel Creek Drive around 11:25 p.m. when he located a firearm inside the home after the family went to bed, said Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

“He assumed the firearm was not loaded, pulled the trigger, and the firearm discharged,” Gonzalez said.

The bullet penetrated the living room wall, went through the bedroom TV and struck the homeowner while he was in bed with his wife, said Sgt. Ben Beall of the sheriff ’s office homicide division. Paramedics pronounced the man, identified as Gerald Peavy, dead at his home.

Hargrove, 50, was interviewed by homicide investigators and manslaughter charges are pending, authorities said.