Police are trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting of a woman and her boyfriend at a house located at 1537 Clarke Springs Wednesday night around 10 p.m.
Police said an argument between a man and a woman at the residence resulted in gunfire. The woman was shot and pronounced dead at Ben Taub Hospital after being taken there in a private car. The boyfriend, who was also injured, left the home and asked for help at a nearby gas station before being taken to the hospital.
Police are unclear who shot whom at this point, but they are interviewing the boyfriend and a person of interest, and a weapon was recovered from the scene.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
This article appears in Jul 14-20, 2011.
