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A 26-year-old woman identified as Jalen Easterling was shot and killed on Thursday night in northeast Houston, according to police.
They said it happened at a house on Locksley Road, which is in a neighborhood near the intersection of Wayside Drive and Tidwell Road.
Officials said the woman and her new boyfriend were throwing a birthday party for one of the woman’s children.
Her children were ages 4 and 6 years old.
According to investigators, a little after 8:30 p.m., the father of the child showed up and an argument broke out at the front door.
That’s when they said shots were fired and the woman was struck.
She died at the scene.
Houston police said they had responded to child custody calls at the house in the past.
“We’ve had calls here in the past with disturbances over child custody,” HPD Lt. Wilkins said. “Again, we don’t know exactly what the disturbance is today. We just know one of the kids had a birthday.
Investigators said the shooter left the scene in a vehicle described as a white Tahoe.
They advised the shooter to turn himself in to explain his side of the story.
