Houston, Texas

From Houston‘s Click2Houston.com of October 14, 2005

Argument Among Woman, 2 Men Leads To Deadly Shooting

Police Take Victim's Girlfriend, Shooting Suspect Into Custody For Questioning

A shooting at a southwest Houston apartment complex Friday morning left one man dead and police questioning the victim's girlfriend and another man, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Neighbors said they heard a gunshot at the Trails of Woodlake apartments on Westerland Drive and Westheimer Road at about 2:30 a.m.

Officers with the Houston Police Department said a woman was visiting a friend when her boyfriend showed up.

Investigators said the couple started fighting and that was when the apartment renter got a shotgun and shot the woman's boyfriend in the chest.

"He subsequently showed up at this condominium and started threatening them, kicking the door in, busted the window out, and made threats with knives to them. At that time, the owner of the condominium shot the suspect," Houston Police Department Homicide Detective L.A. Flores said.

The boyfriend was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police took the victim's girlfriend and the shooting suspect into custody for questioning.

The suspect told police he fired a 12-gauge shotgun through the window of his condominium at the victim to protect the woman.

No arrests have been made.