Police: Man shoots and kills girlfriend during fight outside GRB

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Woman killed in apparent murder-suicide downtown
Investigators said a woman has died after being shot to death in downtown Houston

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police say a woman was killed in an attempted murder-suicide right outside the George R. Brown Convention Center.

The woman's boyfriend allegedly pulled the trigger before turning the gun on himself. She died at the scene, but his condition is not known.

Police say this all began as an argument, and ended in a shooting that caught the attention of at least seven people.

Several METRO workers who were doing maintenance on the rail line told police they heard shots fired from inside a tan SUV around 2am.

'SHE WAS FRIGHTENED': Eyewitness sees victim's last moments alive

Elaine Fields says she saw a woman's final moments before she was killed

Police said they are not looking for any suspects, and the man believed responsible for all this was rushed to Ben Taub Hospital early Wednesday

Investigators say he is hanging on to life, but we don't know how he is doing just yet.

Again, at least seven people said they either saw or heard the attempted murder-suicide go down, including a security guard who saw the woman right before she died.

Elaine Fields said she ran for cover after watching the man pull out the pistol.

"You can tell she was frightened, she looked at my face, I looked at her face," Fields said. "She must have told him to look, because he didn't see me. When he did see me, he pulled the gun and I took off running."

Rusk Street was closed as police investigated the shooting. It has since been reopened.