Woman killed in shootout during home invasion robbery at apartment in east Houston, police say

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston police are searching for at least two men involved in a supposed home invasion-style robbery in east Houston on Sunday night that ended in a fatal shootout.

A 26-year-old mother was killed in the attack. Her husband and their two young children were also home at the time.

"We heard the (husband) shouting after. Heartbreaking, because it was a family and a mom to her kids," a neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous, told ABC13.

Police said the woman's family was physically unharmed. However, her husband was too distraught to give a thorough interview o Sunday night. They hoped to interview him again on Monday.

The shooting occurred just before 10 p.m. inside the family's unit at the Timber Ridge Apartment Homes off Fleming Drive, according to police.

The gunshots woke the family's neighbors, Dominic Clemons and his 8-year-old son.

"They were like, 'Daddy, they are shooting outside,' and I just told them, 'Get away from the window,'" Clemons said.

Police have only described the suspects as two Black men. The husband told police he had seen them around. Investigators were still working to determine what that meant, what they were after, and if they succeeded in stealing anything.