HOUSTON, Texas – A man is dead after a shooting inside a home in Houston’s East End Thursday morning.
Houston police say the shooting happened around midnight at a home where multiple people lived.
Officers initially said the suspect fled the scene on foot, but investigators later confirmed they have located the suspect.
According to police, the victim was a man in his late 30s who lived in the home with the home with a woman described as his godmother.
Investigators say the suspect is the woman’s biological son, a man in his late 20s, who also lived at the home.
Police say the suspect had been away from the house and returned briefly. Investigators say he walked through the front door and began shooting with a pistol. Officers say four shots were fired, and the victim was struck twice.
Houston Fire Department paramedics transported the victim to a nearby hospital, where he later died.
Family members told investigators that the suspect spent years in prison and had been out for about four years before the shooting. They also said he had been dealing with mental issues and had not been the same since he returned from prison.
The man’s brother, Jeremy Flowers, said he spent years trying to help his younger brother. He said his brother went to prison as a teenager and returned home struggling to adjust to the outside world. Flowers said he thought his brother was getting better and was moving forward before he lost his job.
Flowers said their family had just buried their grandmother the day before this deadly shooting. He described the victim as a close family friend who was taken in during a difficult time.