Harris County crime: Two women found dead in apartment, murder-suicide suspected
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Two women were found dead on Monday in an apparent murder-suicide that happened over the weekend. The couple was found deceased inside the apartment they shared in Northwest Harris County.
Although the bodies of the two women, ages 23 and 27, were just discovered on Monday afternoon they are believed to have died two days ago.
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Just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, a resident called 911 reporting hearing gunshots and saying a bullet was even shot into their apartment at the Derby at Steeplechase Apartments. The resident believed the bullet came from the unit next door.
Deputies responded, spoke with the resident with the bullet hole in their wall, but no one answered at the neighbor's. Apartment management was contacted, but the deadbolt lock and privacy latch were both securing the neighbor's door.
We're told deputies did not force entry, because they weren't sure the gunshot originated from that apartment.
When the resident reached out to apartment management again on Monday, the courtesy officer was sent over, hopped the patio fence, looked in the window and saw a body on the floor.
Officers did force their way into the apartment on Monday finding the gun, five shell casings, and although the crime scene was spread across the apartment, both ladies were discovered dead in one bedroom.
"It's a 2-bedroom apartment. It's a pretty large apartment. We did locate shell casings in two different rooms," says Ben Beall with the Harris County Sheriff's Office Homicide Division.
"I'm definitely going to go home and pray tonight for the families. I've lost a child. I lost a child at a very young age. I know that these ladies are somebody's daughter and granddaughter and maybe mother. I'm definitely going to put out a special prayer for them tonight," says neighbor Clarissa Johnson.
The identities of the women haven't been released yet.