Man accused of fatally shooting ex-wife through window as she babysat

A Houston man is accused of breaking a window into his ex-wife's apartment and fatally shooting her through it as she was watching a baby, police said.

Aundrae McTravis Gilbert, 45, has been charged with murder in the death of Ciara Brown, 28, at about 10:35 a.m. Tuesday in the 2500 block of Panagard.

Police responding to a 911 call found the apartment's front door locked and a window broken. Looking through the window, officers saw a crying baby in a bassinet next to Brown lying on the floor. She had been shot through the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The baby was unharmed, police said

Witnesses reported seeing Gilbert breaking the apartment window and shooting into the apartment before leaving, according to HPD. A few minutes after officers arrived, they learned Gilbert had checked into West Houston Medical Center with a gunshot wound. He told medical personnel that he was shot at the Panagard address.

Gilbert's photo was not immediately released.