HOUSTON, Texas — A 48-year-old man has been charged with murder following a fatal shooting at an apartment complex on Fairway Drive late Tuesday night. The incident also left a male victim wounded, according to the Houston Police Department.
Michael Ellis, 48, is facing murder charges in the 184th State District Court. The identity of the deceased female victim, 46, is pending notification of her family by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. Officers initially responded to a report of a shooting at South Loop East, where they found a male victim with a gunshot wound. The male informed officers that the shooting occurred at 7358 Fairway Drive, where he was later transported to a hospital in stable condition.
During the investigation, officers received a report of a suspicious person with a weapon at the same location, matching the description provided by the male victim. The reportee stated that her brother had informed her he fatally shot his girlfriend. Further investigation revealed that Ellis and the female victim lived in the same apartment complex. Houston Police Department SWAT officers entered the victim’s apartment and found her unresponsive, pronouncing her deceased at the scene…