Radio Road, Brownwood Street Double Homicides Under Investigation in Harris County

Two separate double homicides are being investigated by different agencies after two people were found dead on Radio Road in the East Haven neighborhood and a man and woman were discovered inside a house on the 14600 block of Brownwood Street. Houston Police Department and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office say no suspects have been identified in either case.

HPD says officers were called to Radio Road shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday and found a woman lying in a ditch to the side of the road and a man in the middle of the street, both suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators recovered multiple shell casings at the scene and noted no vehicle was present when officers arrived. The HPD homicide team is investigating and suspects foul play, and the department is waiting to notify family members before releasing the victims’ names.

Neighbor Raymond Buenteo said officers knocked on his door and blocked off the road as they worked the scene. “I saw the lights of the police car, and the road was blocked off,” Buenteo said. He added a neighborhood perspective on the violence: “It's terrible, yes, it is. It's getting bad, it's a shooting every day.”

The Brownwood Street case falls under the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responding to a welfare check around noon Wednesday found a man and a woman shot to death inside the home near the East Freeway and Beltway 8. Sgt. James Brown and Sheriff Ed Gonzalez have said investigators believe the shooting occurred on a different day than the welfare call, that deputies have been called to the residence before, and that the deaths are not believed to be a murder-suicide. HCSO detectives are interviewing people who knew the victims and are working to verify identities and notify next of kin.

At this stage neither HPD nor HCSO has released suspect descriptions or arrest information. Investigators in the Radio Road case have collected shell casings for forensic analysis; HCSO investigators say they are pursuing leads from prior calls to the Brownwood Street residence. Both agencies said victim identities will be withheld until families are formally notified.

Separately, Houston police investigated a Wednesday afternoon shootout in the Fifth Ward after a confrontation over an allegedly stolen truck tailgate. The meeting, arranged after the owner found a listing online, drew armed parties to a parking lot along the East Freeway near Waco Street; one person selling the tailgate was shot and taken to a hospital and is expected to survive. HPD Lt. Larry Crowson described how both sides arrived armed and said, “If you get something stolen, report it to the police. Obviously, not this.” The tailgate case was referred to the Harris County District Attorney for review.

As investigators continue ballistics checks, doorbell and traffic camera reviews, and interviews in both double homicide investigations, law enforcement has not announced arrests. Authorities said they will release additional details, including victim identifications and any suspect information, after next-of-kin notifications and further forensic work.