Woman shot, killed after getting ambushed by ex-boyfriend in her NE Harris County driveway

ATASCOCITA, Texas – Authorities have a man behind bars after they say he shot his ex-girlfriend late Sunday night outside her driveway in northeast Harris County.

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Investigators identified the woman as Colencia Davidson, 39, an employee at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Preliminary information from the Harris Co. Sheriff’s Office is that Davidson’s ex-boyfriend, later identified as Thomas Sonnier, shot her as she and a friend left a club and got back to her home on Upper Lake Drive around 11:30 p.m. in Atascocita.

Sonnier is also said to share children with Davidson.

Deputies tell KPRC 2 Sonnier shot the 39-year-old several times after she got out of her girl friend’s car.

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Sonnier took off sometime after the shooting but has since been caught and faces murder charges.