December 26, 2023 - Houston police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man and woman in an apparent murder/suicide incident at 4822 Grasilla Street about 10:15 p.m. on Monday (Dec. 25).

The identities of the female victim, 34, and the male suspect, 43, are pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

HPD Homicide Division Sergeant K. Meek and Detective G. Zavala reported:

Officers were dispatched to a shooting call at the residence at the above address and located a man and woman in an upstairs bedroom. Paramedics pronounced the two deceased at the scene. The female had suffered gunshot wounds and the male sustained a gunshot wound.

Detectives learned the man and woman were husband and wife, and their three female children - ages 6, 9 and 14 - were in the house at the time of the shooting. One of the children told detectives she heard her parents arguing and then several gunshots. None of the children was injured.

The incident is believed to be a murder/suicide, pending results of autopsies on the man and woman.