Woman charged with murder, accused in deadly shooting of 21-year-old in Crosby home, HCSO says

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A woman has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of another woman in Crosby on Monday evening, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

Authorities were called out to the 17800 block of Adlong Johnson at about 3:48 p.m. to respond to the citizen call. HCSO said a woman requested a deputy at the location.

When deputies arrived, they spoke to the woman, whom they believed had called, and she told them she had killed her granddaughter and her boyfriend.

Deputies went inside the home, where they found another woman dead with apparent gunshot wounds. A man was not found at the scene, according to HCSO.

At the scene, deputies said a couple owns the home but is out of town. They said the suspect, identified as Courtney Smith, lives at the home, as well as the victim, identified as 21-year-old Maysie Murphy.

Authorities said that prior to this call, they had received a call from the suspect saying she was seeing demons and things of that nature, but there wasn't enough information for deputies to proceed with any emergency detention orders.

Smith has been booked into the Harris County Jail on a murder charge, according to Gonzalez.