Man shoots his ex and her current boyfriend in murder-suicide at car meetup near Northwest Freeway, Houston police say

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are investigating a murder-suicide they say stemmed from domestic violence in a northwest Houston parking lot on Monday night.

The Houston Police Department told ABC13 that a man showed up to an unsanctioned car meetup in a parking lot at 14191 Northwest Freeway and saw his ex-girlfriend with a new boyfriend.

The man reportedly shot his ex-girlfriend multiple times and shot the new boyfriend once.

Then, police say, he shot the ex-girlfriend several more times and then turned the gun on himself.

The shooter and the ex-girlfriend are dead, and the new boyfriend is at the hospital with a gunshot wound, expected to survive, police said.

Kevin Simon, who’s friends with the new boyfriend, said he witnessed the shooting.

Simon said his friend and his friend’s girlfriend were sitting on a curb when her ex-boyfriend walked up.

“He was like, Let’s talk about it. As soon as he said that, I saw the gun and he just starts firing right away,” Simon said.

Simon said his friend tried to get away but that the gunman shot him and then continued firing at his ex-girlfriend.

“He had to reload. He put like three or four more shots into her, and he walked onto the curb and then put one in his head, and he fell on the ground and then the gun went off again,” said Simon.

According to Simon, his friend was shot in the back and a bullet pierced his liver. He got out of surgery on Tuesday.

Simon believes the murder was premeditated since he says the victims and suspect had had an altercation the previous day.

“They went to the storage unit to grab the last few of her things, and things kind of got heated there,” he said.

Police say a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy heard the gunshots while driving in the area and rendered aid to the new boyfriend’s gunshot wound.

The shooter has only been identified as a 26-year-old man. Police say the other victims appear to be in their 20s.

If you need help getting out of a domestic violence situation, call the Houston Area Women’s Center 24/7 hotline at 713-528-2121 or call AVDA at 713-224-9911. You can also click here to chat with an advocate online. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and need help, call 713-528-3625.