The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says two of its deputies believed a Cloverleaf woman was an intruder when they shot her inside her apartment Saturday morning.
The sheriff’s office said the deputies were responding to a burglary call at the Pines of Woodforest Apartments on Uvalde Road at about 2:10 a.m, but didn’t find an intruder.
Deputies were still on scene when Robert Mitchell tells Eyewitness News he thought he heard another break-in at the apartment above him.
“I was sitting on my couch and I just started hearing glass breaking,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell said he called 911 and flagged down the deputies that had responded to the first burglary call.
When deputies went to investigate, the sheriff’s office said they saw a broken window with raised blinds.
HCSO said its deputies announced their presence.
“I hear them knock on the door, sheriff’s office, nobody responded and then maybe five seconds later I hear, Gun,” Mitchell said.
Deputies say they saw a woman with a gun walking toward the door and opened fire, hitting a 28-year-old woman who shares the apartment with her girlfriend.