Broadway Square Apartments, Houston |
HOUSTON—
When a woman was attacked by a man during a home invasion Thursday night, her boyfriend shot and killed the intruder with a rifle.It happened around 10:50 p.m. Thursday at Broadway Square Apartments, 8601 Broadway near Almeda Mall.
According to the Houston Police Department, an unknown black female knocked on the apartment door and then hid from view. A woman inside the apartment looked through the peephole and didn't see anyone outside, so she opened the door.
Houston police said the suspect, 33-year-old Miguel Antonio Valencia-Mejia of Houston, then busted into the apartment, grabbed the woman's hair, pointed a pistol at her head and started making demands, officials said.
The woman's boyfriend heard what was happening from the bedroom and came out with a rifle. Fearing for his girlfriend's life, police said he shot the suspect once in the chest.
By the time HPD arrived, Valencia-Mejia was dead at the doorstep of the apartment. No one else was injured.
The black woman who initially knocked on the door and another unknown black male fled the scene.
Investigators said their motive was unknown and the victims told police they didn't know their attackers.
No charges have been filed in this case, officials said.
Anyone with information on this case or the identity or whereabouts of Valencia-Mejia's two accomplices is urged to contact HPD at (713) 308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS.
