Police Search for Man They Say Shot His Girlfriend in a Stella Link Apartment Courtyard
A 39-year-old woman was shot in the abdomen and the leg just before 9 p.m. Friday on Stella Link Road and is expected to recover, Houston police say. The 35-year-old man officers are looking for left his vehicle abandoned a few blocks away and has not been found.
Houston police are searching for a 35-year-old man they say shot his girlfriend twice outside an apartment complex in southwest Houston on Friday night, FOX 26 Houston reports. The shooting happened just before 9 p.m. on Stella Link Road.
Officers said the victim, a 39-year-old woman, was visiting the suspect's family and had been on the phone with the man before the shooting. He came to pick her up, and the two met in the apartment complex's courtyard. That is where, officers said, he shot her in the abdomen and in the leg and pushed her down - and then, in the account police gave, 'casually walked away.'
The suspect's family provided aid to the woman before emergency crews arrived and took her to an area hospital, where she is expected to recover. Officers located the man's vehicle abandoned a few blocks from the shooting. He has not been located, and officers are patrolling the area.
Police have not released the suspect's name, and officers said it is unknown what prompted the shooting. This story carries only what Houston police have put on the record through FOX 26; if police release a name, a fuller description, or word of an arrest, it will update.
