Another tragic domestic violence case unfolded in Houston this weekend after police say a man shot and killed his common-law wife in front of her 9-year-old.
A Houston man was charged after allegedly shooting and killing his common-law wife in their apartment on Bentworth Drive, HPD says.A man has been charged after his common-law wife was shot and killed in front of her daughter over the weekend, according to police.
Family members and court records identify the victim as 29-year-old Jasmine McHenry. She was pronounced dead at the apartment by Houston Fire Department paramedics.Charging documents say Alexander shot his wife three times in front of her 9-year-old daughter, Azariah. "She said he was going to shoot her. That's when I got in the vehicle and went over there," Cynthia Demerson, McHenry's mother, recalled."I told the police, 'My stepdad shot my mom,'" the little girl said.
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