Neighbors spoke with KPRC 2 Corley Peel about the red flags they noticed while living next to Genesse Moreno, the woman involved in the Lakewood Church shooting on Sunday.
Several neighbors said Moreno harassed and threatened them for four years.
“I’ve been through hell. I have reported this, reported this and its gone on deaf ears,” said Jill, a neighbor. “I’ve had psychological officers out here that won’t answer their door, they won’t do anything, until she hurts you there is nothing we can do. Everyone keeps saying on all these big news stations, see something say something.”
Jill said Moreno had written swastikas on her property, placed baby monitors on a fence they share, and taunted her and her grandchildren multiple times.
She added that she saw Moreno Sunday morning, hours before the shooting at Lakewood Church, and noticed Moreno placed a blue tarp over her vehicle in the driveway and was placing items she couldn’t see inside the car.
Jill also noticed Moreno was carrying a trench coat in her arms that police said she was believed to be wearing when she walked inside the church.
KPRC 2 also spoke with the teacher of Moreno’s 7-year-old son, Farrah. She said Moreno accused her of harassing her son.
“She called the school saying I was stalking her house,” she said.
A neighbor across the street said she filed a police report in July 2022 when Moreno pulled a gun on her. She said Moreno was not arrested.
Between the group of neighbors, they have called police dozens of times and filed multiple police reports about Moreno’s behaviors.
“We went to the courthouse and we talked to commissioners and we talked to elected officials. We cannot do anything more than what we did we tried to stop this. We tried to help the public,” another neighbor said.
KPRC 2 reached out to Conroe Police Department asking why action was not taken after the neighbors reported the incidents.
Conroe Police released the following statement:
Conroe Police Department staff have reviewed calls for service related to the Lakewood Church shooting suspect, who resided in Conroe. This review included calls where the shooting suspect was either the “complainant” and/or a “suspect.” The review revealed that Conroe Police personnel handled the calls appropriately and according to law. Nothing relayed to officers would give authority to arrest or require mental health emergency detention; nor would any of the information have been an indication that the suspect would commit such a heinous crime.
The Conroe Police Department has no further information to share at this time.