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Bystander intervenes, shoots and kills man fighting with ex-girlfriend at N. Harris County apartment complex

The bystander fled the scene

Handgun Bullets (KPRC2/Click2Houston.com)

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says a man was killed after a bystander intervened while the man was physically fighting with his ex-girlfriend at an North Harris County apartment complex.

It happened at approximately 2:45 a.m. in the 17200 block of Hafer Road.

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Deputies arrived at the scene and found a 25-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Deputies spoke to the woman who said she had been in a fight with the man when a bystander intervened and allowed her to use his phone to call 911.

While the woman was on the phone, the victim was shot and the bystander fled the scene.

Detectives urge anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit at (713) 274-9100 or Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS (8477).


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Christian Terry covered digital news in Tyler and Wichita Falls before returning to the Houston area where he grew up. He is passionate about weather and the outdoors and often spends his days off on the water fishing.

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