FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Aug. 19, 2012 Updated: Aug. 19, 2012 11:29 p.m.
Cedar Park police officers investigate the scene of an early Sunday morning shooting in the parking lot of the Walmart Super Center that left four people wounded. A 18-year-old man has been charged in the altercation.
Police are questioning a woman suspected of fatally shooting her husband at a west Houston apartment complex on Saturday night, authorities said.
Officers were called to the scene of a shooting around 7:40 p.m. at a complex in the 1500 block of Big Bend. A man was found shot in his home, Houston Police Department Homicide Division investigator J.R. Johnston said.
Witnesses gave officers a description of the suspect, believed to be the man's wife, and she was located shortly afterward at a nearby apartment complex. She was then taken into custody, Johnston said.
Investigators said the couple had an argument, the nature of which is unknown, and the suspect fired shots, Johnston said.
Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene. His wife is being questioned by investigators. Their identities have not been released.
No charges have been filed in the shooting, and the case is still under investigation.
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences has identified a man whose body was found Friday near a trash container inside a Pasadena apartment complex.
An anonymous tip led Pasadena police to the body of Jose Hernandez, no age or address available, investigators said.
The victim was discovered about 11:30 a.m. Friday inside a gated apartment complex in the 4600 block of East NASA Parkway, Pasadena police officials said.
An autopsy is planned. No details were available about a possible motive or suspect in the apparent slaying.
CEDAR PARK - Police say a suspect is in custody after four people were shot during an altercation in a Central Texas Walmart parking lot.
Cedar Park Police Capt. Mike Harmon said authorities responded to the shooting about 4:30 a.m. Sunday and took the suspect into custody. He says the four people who were shot were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say 18-year-old Soloman Onwukaife has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Harmon said he did not have any attorney information for Onwukaife, who remained hospitalized after being injured in the altercation.
Police say more charges may be filed.
Cedar Park is located about 20 miles north of Austin.
SAN ANGELO - Police say an officer responding to a domestic disturbance call shot and killed a suspect who tried to strangle him.
Police said the officer was trying to take the suspect into custody when the suspect began attacking him to the point he started to lose consciousness. Police say the officer was then able to fire his weapon. Police did not release the ages or names of the officer or the suspect.
The suspect was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.