Incident at 6400 Eastex Freeway

September 8, 2007 - Houston police are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman at 6400 Eastex Freeway about 10 a.m. on Friday (Sept. 7).

The identity of the victim, 53, is pending notification to family members by the Harris County Medical Examiner’s office. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

HPD Homicide Division Sergeant C.E. Elliott and Officer R.A. Swainson reported:

The female victim was the manager and lived on the premises of a storage business at 6400 Eastex Freeway at King Street. Two black male suspects entered the office/residence on Friday morning and demanded money. One of the suspects shot the woman and both males took cash from the office. They then went to the parking lot and stole a 2002 white Dodge Caravan with Texas license plates 349KXR. The vehicle belonged to a person who had gone to the business to apply for a job. That individual was not harmed.

Anyone with information on the wanted vehicle or identity of the capital murder suspects is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

JFC 9-8-07
Inc #132073107

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