The woman told police that she was with the couple's 2-year-old daughter when she heard a commotion and came face-to-face with a masked intruder. Her husband had been shot.
HOUSTON, Texas -- A man was shot and killed as his common-law wife was inside an apartment with their 2-year-old daughter in east Houston, police say.
Officers arrived at about 2:30 a.m. to the Timber Ridge Apartments off I-10 at Federal, where they say they found 24-year-old Juan Ruffin with gunshot wounds and lying face down in the living room. Ruffin died. The woman, who told police she was the victim's common-law wife, said she was inside the apartment at the time of the shooting with the child and claims she came face-to-face with the masked intruder.
According to an initial statement the woman gave police, she said she was breastfeeding the toddler when she heard commotion in the apartment.After the suspect left, the woman drove to a family member's house, but later returned to the scene, where police had already arrived."Upon our initial investigation and walking the scene, it appears we found some narcotics.
Investigators don't have a suspect description, and it's still unclear if there were any signs of forced entry.
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