Man kills self, injures woman in attempted murder-suicide in N. Houston

It was not immediately clear what the relationship between the two individuals was. It was not immediately clear what the relationship between the two individuals was. Photo: Marialuisa Rincon Photo: Marialuisa Rincon Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Man kills self, injures woman in attempted murder-suicide in N. Houston 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

A man fatally shot himself Sunday morning during an apparent murder-suicide attempt near a north Houston nursing home.

Officers responded to the scene near Brookhollow Heights Transitional Care Center on North Loop West just after 8 a.m. Sunday, after an argument between a man and a woman turned violent.

The two were driving along the feeder road when the man - who police did not immediately identify - smashed the car into a concrete barrier.

"We can only assume maybe they got in an argument on the way here. He tried to kill both of them by hitting that barrier," an officer told reporters at the scene.

They both jumped out of the car and, shotgun in tow, the man started chasing the woman before shooting her in the arm and the stomach.

Suddenly, he stopped in front of the nursing home and shot himself in what an officer described as an "attempted murder-suicide."

Just a day before the outburst of gunfire, the man brought the woman to the hospital after she was stabbed with a screwdriver, although the circumstances surrounding the incident are unclear.