HOUSTON – The crime scene outside a home off Deep Meadow Drive is where many neighbors would see a young girl play.
“She was always outside playing and seemed like a happy little girl,” said Chris.
“Our children have grown up together. Just a beautiful loving family,” said an anonymous neighbor.
Investigators said the girl called 911 around 3 a.m. Thursday. She told detectives her relative shot and killed her mother and grandmother and sexually assaulted her. The girl told detectives she managed to get away and call 911 while the suspect was asleep.
Hours before the call, detectives responded to an abandoned bank off Wortham Boulevard around 11 p.m.
Investigators said a custodian at a nearby building heard the gunshots around 9:30 p.m. When her son picked her up from work, he saw a body in the parking lot. It is where investigators said the grandmother’s body was found. KPRC 2 spoke with an anonymous witness who heard the gunfire.
“I pretty much took cover in the bathroom because I didn’t know what it was. I was pretty scared,” said the witness.
Detectives said surveillance video from near the bank showed a white truck with blue boxes in the back. Investigators later found the same truck in the driveway at the home off Deep Meadow Drive where the girl’s mother’s body was found. KPRC 2 was there as the truck was towed away, blood was seen on the side. Records show the truck belonged to one of the women.
“She would go in that white truck to pick up her granddaughter from school,” said Chris.
The suspect surrendered at the scene and was found with a knife and gun.
A neighbor close to the family said the suspect was not supposed to be at the home. Detectives said he has been accused of criminal mischief and trespassing at the home in the past. They believe he has also had issues with drugs.
“We’ve had many altercations with him in the past. He’s not welcome anywhere near our family or his own family for that matter. We’ve tried to keep him away because of threats,” said the neighbor.
The suspect faces two capital murder charges. His name has not been released at this time. The girl was taken to the hospital, according to detectives.
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