HOUSTON – A man who is already serving probation for aggravated assault has now been linked to two more violent offenses, one which left a man dead.
Emerson Hernandez, 25, has been charged with capital murder and aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon in two separate incidents that happened early last year.
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Both shootings happened on Feb. 18, 2022.
In the first shooting, police were dispatched around 9:10 p.m. to the 1300 block of Webster Street. Officers arrived to find a 40-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital in critical but stable condition.
Minutes later, officers responded to a second shooting scene in the 1300 block of Hadley Street near Caroline Street and found another victim, Adam Phillips, also suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The 50-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Further investigation identified Hernandez as the shooter in both cases.
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On Wednesday, investigators found Hernandez in the Harris County Jail on an unrelated charge and moved forward with the additional charges against him in the February shootings.
A search of court records revealed that Hernandez was already sentenced to probation in May 2022 for an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge. For that offense, he was given four years of deferred adjudication, which was scheduled to end in 2026.