Woman killed, girl injured in spring murder-suicide shooting, HCSO says

HOUSTON (KIAH) – A little girl was the only survivor of a murder-suicide that occurred Thursday night in Spring.

Detectives with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said a man shot the child’s mother at the Pierpont Apartments in the 23700 block of Springwood Village Parkway near Hardy Access Road.

Both the mother and the 10-year-old girl were hit. The man, believed to be her boyfriend, was found dead, said Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

The mother died after the emergency services arrived. The child was taken to the hospital by rescue helicopter in critical condition and had been in surgery since Thursday evening.