Victim killed in motel shooting was deadly stabbing suspect

Thursday, March 1, 2018
Motel shooting
Police say man killed in motel shooting was suspect in a deadly stabbing.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Police are investigating a triple shooting at a motel in southeast Houston.[br /][br /]The shooting happened at the Sampson Motel on Sampson at Bremond shortly before 6 a.m.[br /][Ads /][br /]Investigators say the shooter wanted his victim to come to the door so he could open fire.[br /][br /]The victim was shot in the face and chest. He is now dead.[br /][br /]Two other victims, both women, were also shot in the motel room.[br /][br /]One was shot in the leg, the other woman was shot in the foot.[br /][br /]They are the only witnesses to the murder.[br /][Ads /][br /]"The girls apparently ran out and then fell onto the street and that's when patrol arrived and called EMS," said JT Barringer with HPD.[br /][br /]Here's where things get a little complicated.[br /][br /]ABC13 exclusively learned that the same sergeant investigating a murder that happened just blocks from this motel shooting on Nov. 11 on Tierwester was also investigating this deadly motel shooting.[br /][br /][br /]In that murder, Tyrone Oveal was stabbed to death in an apparent love triangle that turned deadly.[br /][br /][b][url HREF="http://abc13.com/naked-woman-questioned-in-deadly-love-triangle/2632119/" TARGET="" REL=""]RELATED: Naked woman questioned in deadly love triangle in SE Houston[/url][/b][br /][Ads /][br /]Investigators say the man they believe was Oveal's killer was the victim who was shot and killed in the motel Thursday morning.[br /][br /]The sergeant on both cases said he was about to present the Tierwester murder case to the district attorney's office for charges. Now, the suspect is dead.[br /][br /]Investigators are now trying to piece all of this together.[br /][br /]The names of the motel victims have not been released.[br /][br /][i]Follow Foti Kallergis on [url HREF="https://twitter.com/fotiabc13?lang=en" TARGET="New" REL="nofollow"]Twitter[/url] and [url HREF="https://www.facebook.com/ReporterFotiKallergis/" TARGET="New" REL="nofollow"] Facebook.[/url][/i]

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