HOUSTON – Houston police have released the identities of a husband and wife killed in an apparent murder-suicide in southeast Houston.
The shootings happened in the 7500 block of El Rancho about 1:50 p.m. Tuesday.
According to police, the couple was in the process of getting divorced. They say the husband, Juan Gabriel Ruiz-Mendez, asked his wife, Melodie Ruiz-Mendez, to meet him at a home so he could give her a Christmas gift.
The couple was sitting in a car on the street when the husband shot his 40-year-old wife multiple times in the torso. He then fatally shot himself.
Police said the couple's divorce was set to be finalized at the end of the month.
Identities released of husband, wife killed in murder-suicide in SE Houston
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Rivera's accused of killing his ex-girlfriend's 12-year-old son, Carlos Fernandez.