CLOVERLEAF, Texas – A woman who was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in east Harris County has been identified, and her common-law husband has been arrested and charged, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
Deputies were called a little after 1 p.m. yesterday to a shooting at a home in the 14200 block of Texarkana Street in the Cloverleaf area, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said.
When they arrived, investigators said they found an adult woman with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
In an update posted Sunday, Gonzalez identified the victim as Yanira Nafin, 39, and the suspect as Jose Arquimides Romero, 43, her common-law husband.
Gonzalez said detectives believe the shooting stemmed from a dispute at the home involving Romero’s complaints of back pain.
Authorities said three children were in the house at the time and were not injured after taking cover.
Authorities said Romero remained at the residence and was taken into custody. Harris County Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives charged him in connection with Nafin’s death, and he was booked into the Harris County Jail.
The investigation remains ongoing.