HPD: Mother shoots ex-boyfriend after child brings her gun

A woman is accused of shooting her ex-boyfriend on Gessner, near Willowbrook, on Friday, June 15, 2018. A woman is accused of shooting her ex-boyfriend on Gessner, near Willowbrook, on Friday, June 15, 2018. Photo: Metro Video Photo: Metro Video Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close HPD: Mother shoots ex-boyfriend after child brings her gun 1 / 5 Back to Gallery

A child brought a mother a gun that she used to shoot her ex-boyfriend Friday morning, Houston police said.

Police were called to the Costa Vizcaya Apartments at 12020 North Gessner after midnight Thursday and found one man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive, said Det. Jeff Hasley of the Houston Police Department.

The woman who lives at the apartment, in the Willowbrook Mall area, is the ex-girlfriend of the man she’s accused of shooting, Hasley said.

An altercation preceded the shooting, although the nature of the fight is unclear. The couple had a violent history of domestic calls, Hasley said.

Four children, all the ex-boyfriend and ex-girlfriend’s, were home at the time of the shooting, police said. At some point, one of the children brought a gun to the mother, which she then used to shoot the father, according to police reports.

It is unclear how the child accessed the firearm and whether any charges could result.