Houston, TX – The Harris County Sheriff’s Office reported on Saturday, February 18, 2023, at approximately10:30 PM, Officers with the Galena Park Police Department responded to a Sexual Assault of a Child and possible Shooting at a residence in the 2000 BLK of Second Street, in the City of Galena Park.
Upon officers’ arrival on the scene, they contacted a 12-year-old female who reported her mother’s boyfriend sexually assaulted her, and he had shot other family members inside their house.
The victim stated she picked up her 1-year-old niece and ran to a neighbor’s house to call for help.
Galena Park Officers and EMS checked the residence and located three females, ages 19, 14, and 13, dead inside the house from apparent gunshot wounds. The 38-year-old suspect was located dead in the master bedroom from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The victim’s mother was not home at the time of the shooting. The Galena Park Police Chief contacted the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide and Crime Scene Units and requested their assistance with the investigation.
The identity of the suspect and victims are being withheld pending positive identification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
