KATY, Texas (Covering Katy News) — Toll road records, surveillance video and witness identification led investigators to charge a 41-year-old Round Rock man with capital murder in the shooting deaths of two people at a Katy area home on Jan. 12, according to a prosecutor’s charging document.
Norman Lee Johnson is accused of fatally shooting Christopher Lopez and Trinette Lopez at 3718 Bent Springs Lane in Katy. Johnson was taken into custody Jan. 14 in Round Rock on an open harassment warrant.
Deputies find two shooting victims dead at Katy home
According to the charging document, Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the home at approximately 6:15 a.m. Jan. 12 for a shooting death investigation. Deputies found both victims inside the home with fatal gunshot wounds. Emergency medical personnel pronounced them dead at the scene.
The couple’s two adult children told investigators they had ongoing issues with Johnson, who is the biological father of their adopted 7-year-old sibling, regarding the child’s adoption. The children said Johnson had made numerous threats toward the family…