Man charged with murder in 18-year-old woman's fatal shooting

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An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting of a woman Friday in south Houston.

Fredrick Lavelle Turner is charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old woman in the 5800 block of Southtown. He is being held in the Harris County jail on a $75,000 bond.

Houston police got a call Friday afternoon reporting that a female had been shot in the chest at her home. Witnesses told officers that they saw a male and a female arguing, according to Houston police homicide detective Katie Clark.

Joshua Howard, a neighbor, said the shooter was the victim's boyfriend. Howard said his aunt ran into his house saying the woman had been shot. When he ran outside, he found the woman with a gunshot wound to the chest.

"(Her boyfriend) was panicking," Howard said. "I couldn't say anything. All I could do was pray for her."

Howard watched as a fire truck and ambulance rolled up on the scene and started CPR on the victim, who was unconscious. She was taken in critical condition to Ben Taub Hospital, where she died.

"We watched her grow up from the tricycle," Howard said. "It's so close to home. It hurts."