HOUSTON – A girl’s father shot her stepfather several times on Friday in west Houston after she accused him of sexually assaulting her, according to the Houston Police Department.
The incident happened in the 700 block of Bateswood Drive at approximately 8:30 p.m.
Police said, the girl wrote a note to her mom that said she had been sexually assaulted by her stepfather.
Her mother saw the note and picked up her daughter from her biological father’s house, and they returned to the mother’s home.
The girl’s father later arrived at the mother’s home. They tried to discuss the situation, and the stepfather denied the assault.
The daughter and the mother then stepped outside, and this is when the father shot the 30-year-old stepfather three times. He shot him in the stomach and leg.
The stepfather is having surgery and expected to survive.
The father is cooperating with officers and could face a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Those involved have not been identified.
This case is still under investigation.