Houston Murder-Suicide at Willow Chase Boulevard Apartment Kills Woman, Wounds Infant

HOUSTON, Texas – A 37-year-old woman died and an 8-month-old boy was critically wounded in what Houston police believe was a murder-suicide at an apartment at 7700 Willow Chase Boulevard on October 31. A 52-year-old man also died.

Officers responded to a report of a shooting at the address about 7:35 p.m., according to the HPD Homicide Division. They found a woman and a man with gunshot wounds.

Houston Fire Department paramedics took the woman to an area hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead. Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Officers then learned that an 8-month-old boy with a gunshot wound had been taken to an area hospital. Police said he was in critical condition. The source did not say how the infant reached the hospital or give an update on his condition.

Investigators point to murder-suicide

Evidence at the scene indicated the man shot the woman and the infant, then shot himself, police said. Homicide Division Detectives R. Reyes and V. Villarreal reported the findings.

The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences has not yet verified the identities of the woman and the man. Police have not said how the three people were related.

How to help investigators

Anyone with information about the case should call the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600. The incident number is 708072426.