December 28 2020 - Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of a woman at 9700 Mesa Drive about 6:45 a.m. on Sunday (Dec. 27).

The suspect, Christopher Bernard Pickney (b/m, 22), is charged with murder in the 232nd State District Court.  A booking photo of Pickney is attached to this news release.

The victim, Sabrina Smith, 24, was pronounced dead at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

HPD Homicide Division Detectives C. Sharp and E. May reported:

Officers were dispatched to a shooting call at the apartment complex at the above address and learned Ms. Smith had been shot by her brother, Pickney, following a verbal dispute.  Paramedics transported Smith to the hospital where she was pronounced deceased.

Pickney was detained at the scene without incident and subsequently charged.