Nephew accused of fatally shooting uncle in north Houston

A man comforts the son of a man who was shot and killed at their home in the 9900 block of Aldine Westfield Road on April 28, 2019. A man comforts the son of a man who was shot and killed at their home in the 9900 block of Aldine Westfield Road on April 28, 2019. Photo: Nicole Hensley, Staff Photo: Nicole Hensley, Staff Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Nephew accused of fatally shooting uncle in north Houston 1 / 5 Back to Gallery

A man is accused of shooting his uncle to death Sunday afternoon at a north Houston home, according to police.

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The victim's family, including the suspect's aunt, was at church when her nephew allegedly called from the her home in the 9900 block of Aldine Westfield Road around 3:30 p.m., according to a relative who declined to be identified.

"Better him than me," he told the aunt, according to the relative.

The aunt then heard three gunshots ring out during the phone call and she rushed home. Her son was first to find his father's body inside the home,

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"The son came outside screaming bloody murder. It was a crazy scene, like a nightmare," he said.

The suspect's aunt called police and identified her nephew as the culprit.

Her husband, a man in his 30s, was dead by the time police arrived and had been shot at least once in the torso, according to Houston police. A tip soon led authorities to the nephew and he was apprehended at around 4:15 p.m., officials said.

Family members said he was taken into custody near the intersection of Foy Lane and Little York Road, about two miles from the home.

The alleged shooter, who is in his 20s, was not immediately identified.

He is believed to have fled the home in a car which he then ditched nearby, police said.

More than a dozen members of the grief-stricken family flocked to the home to comfort each other, with one woman sitting along the sidewalk in tears.

Police officers brought the family three chairs from inside the home to sit on near the edge of the crime scene, which blocked southbound traffic of Aldine Westfield Road for most of the evening.

nicole.hensley@chron.com

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