HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A grand jury will now determine the destiny of a person who shot and killed his neighbor early Tuesday morning in southeast Houston.
It occurred within the Fonde neighborhood, on Des Jardines Avenue close to Carrolton Avenue, the place police have now confirmed one other taking pictures on the deal with lower than six months in the past.
Household confirms 39-year-old Doug Hippe was shot and killed by his 58-year-old neighbor.
Houston police say the circumstances stay beneath investigation.
ABC13 is just not naming the shooter as a result of he hasn’t been charged, however a number of neighbors say they know him nicely.
“It bothers me nonetheless each day,” Damien Lozano mentioned.
Lozano mentioned the neighbor shot him and his brother in November after an argument concerning the cameras on the neighbor’s house.
Houston police verify the shooter in that incident claimed self-defense, and Lozano says he declined to file expenses on the time as a result of he was fearful there wasn’t sufficient proof to again up his facet of the story. However now Lozano worries about his security.
“We will not even be out right here in peace, my household, no person with out him passing by,” Lozano mentioned.
ABC13 discovered 5 police complaints filed about incidents that occurred on the block final yr, though it is unclear what number of, if any, of these stories contain this Tuesday morning’s shooter or if any of these complaints are nonetheless lively.
“Any person even mentioned, ‘He’ll kill somebody sooner or later,’ and that is what has occurred,” Karina Blest, the president of the Fonde Civic Membership, mentioned.
Residents need extra communication from police.
“They are saying, ‘Oh, it is beneath investigation, we won’t remark,’ however I don’t really feel secure as a result of we’ve acquired so many stories from fellow neighbors about this neighbor,” Blest mentioned.
If you understand something about this case, authorities urge you to contact the Houston Police Division’s Murder Division at (713) 308-3600.
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