Police said the two victims were found inside an apartment complex management office Thursday evening, with no suspect identified.
HOUSTON, TX — A man and woman were found shot to death Thursday evening inside the management office of a west Houston apartment complex, and police were working Friday to determine who was responsible.
Houston police responded at about 6:40 p.m. to a report of a shooting at the Park at Woodlake apartments in the 9500 block of Ella Lee Lane, near Westheimer and South Gessner roads. Officers found both victims unresponsive inside the leasing office. Houston Fire Department responders pronounced them dead at the scene.
Police said the victims were a 47-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman. Their names had not been released as authorities worked to notify their families. Investigators said they believed both victims worked at the apartment complex.
A maintenance employee and a resident who had gone to the office to pay rent discovered the victims, according to police. Investigators said no witnesses had reported seeing or hearing the shooting itself, leaving detectives without an immediate description of the person or people responsible.
Houston police homicide detectives were collecting evidence and reviewing the circumstances surrounding the deaths. Authorities had not announced a motive or identified a suspect as of Friday. Police also had not released information about what may have happened inside the office before the victims were found.
The lack of witnesses to the shooting remained a major unanswered part of the investigation. Police said at least one person responsible for the deaths could still be at large, but investigators had not released a suspect description or information about a possible vehicle.
The shooting occurred at 9545 Ella Lee Lane, an apartment property in west Houston. Police remained at the complex Thursday evening as detectives processed the scene and sought information that could help establish a timeline of events.
The investigation remained active Friday. Authorities had not announced any arrests, and the victims’ identities and a possible motive had not been publicly confirmed.
Author note: Last updated September 4, 2026.