HPD: Woman found fatally shot in ditch in NW Houston was burglarizing vehicles, shot by resident in the area

HOUSTON – Officers with the Houston Police Department said a woman who was found fatally shot in a ditch in northwest Houston Monday was burglarizing vehicles with another suspect.

HPD units responded to multiple calls of gunfire heard near the block of 2000 Harland Drive around 3:50 a.m.

Officers said when they arrived at the scene, they located a 26-year-old woman in a ditch who had been shot. Emergency officials with the Houston Fire Department responded and pronounced the woman dead at the scene, HPD said.

According to investigators, officers located bullet casings near the scene and an SUV was found still running next to the ditch. Police said two men were taken into HPD homicide for questioning but were let go.

Witnesses told police that an unidentified man and the woman who was shot were observed by residents burglarizing vehicles in the area. One of the residents shot and struck the woman. The unidentified man fled the scene on foot in an unknown direction, HPD said.

Investigators said two weapons were taken from a nearby home located in the 2000 block of Harland. Police also towed another vehicle that may have been tampered with.

No charges have been filed at this time, as the investigation is continuing.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at (713) 308-3600 or speak anonymously to Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS.