Houston man charged with murder after fatal Craigmont Street shooting
A disturbance call on Craigmont Street ended with one man dead and Guillermo Hernandez Jr. charged with murder. Police detained him a few blocks away, but the motive was not disclosed.
Houston police charged Guillermo Hernandez Jr., 37, with murder after a disturbance call at 2512 Craigmont Street in southeast Houston’s Gulfgate area turned into a fatal shooting that left one man dead in a driveway.
Officers were sent to the home about 7:20 p.m. on June 26 and found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Houston Fire Department paramedics took him to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Investigators detained Hernandez a few blocks from the scene, then consulted with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office before filing the charge in the 209th Criminal District Court.
Police identified the case as incident number 081740326 and assigned homicide detectives J. Smith and D. Toledo. The victim’s name was still pending notification to family members through the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences at the time of the release.
The unanswered question at the center of the case is what set off the disturbance inside the home on Craigmont Street near Telephone Road. Additional details pointed to a family dispute involving two adult brothers, with both men producing weapons and struggling over them before one brother fatally shot the other. Detectives also recovered multiple weapons at the scene, underscoring how quickly the dispute escalated from a call for police help to a homicide investigation.
Hernandez was being held in the Harris County Jail and was due in court Monday for a preliminary appearance. Records cited in reports also said he had prior burglary and assault convictions.
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences handles sudden or suspicious deaths through its Medical Examiner Service and provides victim assistance to families while notification is completed. Its Crime Laboratory serves more than 75 law-enforcement agencies in Harris County each year, part of the broader system that now will help document how the Craigmont Street shooting unfolded and move the case through court.
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