HOUSTON -- A man is dead and police have labeled his fiancee
a person of interest after she reportedly fled the scene with the shooter.
Christmas
at a home on Bobby Burns at Howton featured a big family gathering of close to
75 people, according to the Houston Police Department.
But when the
celebration was over, things took a tragic turn. "It's very, very sad
because I just got through talking to him and all his family was out here
having a good time, and some tragedy like this happens," neighbor Gregory
Brooks said.
According to
police, it all started when 37-year-old Ronalee Deandre McGuire and his fiancee
began to argue around 2:30am in a detached apartment behind the house.
"He gets out
of bed; he was having an argument with his fiancee, and a black male enters and
shoots him," HPD Sgt. Mark Holbrook said.
McGuire was
pronounced dead when officers arrived. Police said his fiancee and the shooter
both left the scene. "The entire family is just amazing people, and it's a
tragedy right now that this happened on Christmas," family friend Herbert
Journet said.
Inside the
bedroom during the shooting, were four kids between the ages of eight and 13. "Two
of them are his children; two of them are his nephews," Holbrook said. "Very sad,
especially for that baby just out here crying; very sad, saying somebody killed
his daddy," neighbor Vickie said.
"He takes
care of his kids, and he was a good person. He was a good person," Brooks
said. " I don't know why somebody would want to take his life like
that." Detectives want to talk to McGuire's girlfriend and a young man who
left the home just before police arrived; police are not calling them suspects.
"They've
been dating for a while had a relatively stable relationship, we don't know how
much she's involved in all of this but she did leave the scene right after it
happened," Holbrook said.
Anyone with
information on their whereabouts can call HPD Homicide at 713-308-3600 or Crime
Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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