Yet another murder-suicide, and yet another kid who is going to grow up scarred.
An ex-husband gunned down his former wife in front of their kid Satruday, then turned the gun on himself, police say.
About 6:20 p.m. Saturday, Maria Aracel Portillo, 45, went with her son to visit her ex-husabnd on the northwest side of town.
When they got to the apartment in the 1300 block of Afton, police say, Humberto Canjura, 59, “pulled out a gun and shot Portillo several times. The son managed to escape and called police,” HPD says.
The apartment door was barred, so a SWAT team was called in the forced it open. Police then discovered the two bodies.
No age for the child was given.
This article appears in Jun 3-9, 2010.