A SWAT situation at the Windsor Estate Apartments on FM 2004 in Texas City that started when officers attempted to arrest a murder suspect has ended with the suspect dead and his girlfriend in custody.
It began around 10:15 Wednesday morning and ended about three hours later.
After negotiations failed, the SWAT team used tear gas. The man’s girlfriend whom police say was an active participant came out of a bedroom where the two were barricaded and was arrested. Police had first thought she was a hostage.
The suspect was found hanging in a closet. Attempts to revive him failed.
He was wanted for a murder of Jesus Leal Valdez, 41, of Pasadena.
His body was found last weekend buried beneath a chicken coop in northeast Harris County. He had been missing since New Year’s Eve.
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