Houston woman fatally shot in Sharpstown housing complex, police search for suspect
A woman was killed at New Hope Housing near Sharpstown after police say her dating partner fled the complex. Detectives are now tracing the suspect and looking for witnesses.
A Friday-night shooting inside New Hope Housing near Sharpstown left a woman dead and sent Houston police searching for the man investigators say was her dating partner and neighbor in the complex. Officers were called to the 6000 block of Dale Carnegie Lane at about 8 p.m., where they found the woman with a gunshot wound to her upper body. She died at the scene, and the suspect fled.
Houston police did not release the identities of either person. Homicide detectives were still working to determine what led up to the shooting and were reviewing surveillance video to trace the suspect’s movements after he left the property. The scene unfolded in a shared residential complex, where investigators also had to preserve evidence and look for anyone who may have seen the man leave.
The killing landed in Sharpstown, one of west Houston’s most established neighborhoods. The City of Houston says Sharpstown was the city’s largest development when it was undertaken in the mid-1950s, a reminder that this was not an isolated crime scene but violence inside a dense residential community where many families and tenants live close together.
Because investigators said the victim and suspect were dating, the case also fits a broader domestic-violence pattern that often turns deadly without much warning. The National Domestic Violence Hotline defines domestic violence as a pattern of behaviors used to maintain power and control in an intimate relationship, and says abuse can escalate suddenly. The hotline says more than 1 in 3 women and more than 1 in 4 men in the U.S. have experienced rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
Anyone with information can submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers of Houston by calling 713-222-TIPS (8477), using its mobile app or reporting online. HPD had not announced an arrest, and the suspect remained at large as detectives continued to piece together what happened inside the Sharpstown housing complex.
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