A woman heard a scream, followed by a gunshot, and peeked outside her Heights apartment to see Marietta Allison on the ground as a man rummaged through her bag and then walked away.
The man was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, but she was too scared to get a closer look, according to the woman’s 911 call played Thursday during a bail hearing. The emergency audio and photos from surveillance and Houston police footage were among the evidence shared by Harris County prosecutors before a judge denied 18-year-old Darius Hall’s bail on a capital murder charge as he awaits trial.
Judge Dan Simons declared Hall a flight risk and danger to others, and raised his bail on other cases — evading police and tampering with evidence — to $1 million each.
The 61-year-old robbery victim was visiting Houston from Austin with a friend to help her go through cancer treatment. She had parked her friend’s Toyota Highlander on March 7 when a purse snatcher — believed to be Hall — stalked her in the 500 block of W. 20th Street, shot her and drove off in the vehicle, prosecutors said. She died at a hospital…