Police arrest and identify man who shot UT Health employee outside work Friday

Police are searching for a man who allegedly shot his girlfriend in the leg near Houston's UT Health Science Center on Fannin Street Friday morning. Police are searching for a man who allegedly shot his girlfriend in the leg near Houston's UT Health Science Center on Fannin Street Friday morning. Photo: Gary Fountain Photo: Gary Fountain Image 1 of / 6 Caption Close Police arrest and identify man who shot UT Health employee outside work Friday 1 / 6 Back to Gallery

Police have arrested and charged a man who allegedly shot his girlfriend in the leg outside UT Health Science Center at 7000 Fannin St. Friday morning.

Wilbert "Will" Burse, 36, was arrested at 12:45 p.m. Friday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, family violence, UT Police Department Assistant Chief Vicki King told Chron.com.

Burse was arrested in an apartment complex on the 300 block of North Vista without incident, King added.

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Burse did not have a gun on him during the arrest but one was found on the 1800 block of West Road that matched the description provided by his girlfriend, King added.

The events leading up to the shooting began Thursday evening when Burse allegedly got into an argument with his girlfriend, who is also an employee of UT Health, King said.

The woman claimed she left her cell phone in Burse's vehicle that night. Burse allegedly drove to the UT Health Science Center Friday morning and parked in the street, King added. When she went down to get the phone from him around 8:53 a.m., Burse allegedly shot her in the leg and fled the scene, King said.



The woman suffered a non-life threatening injury, King said.

Burse has a warrant for his arrest in New Mexico for a DUI and has a criminal history of assault and drug charges, King added.

The UT Police Department plans on releasing Burse's mugshot later today.

Fernando Alfonso III is a digital reporter at Chron.com. Follow him on twitter at @fernalfonso.