Police capture Houston man accused in deadly shooting at ex's apartment

A 25-year-old suspect in a deadly shooting is placed in the back of a Houston police cruiser Monday, April 6, 2020. A 25-year-old suspect in a deadly shooting is placed in the back of a Houston police cruiser Monday, April 6, 2020. Photo: Jay R. Jordan / Houston Chronicle Photo: Jay R. Jordan / Houston Chronicle Image 1 of / 24 Caption Close Police capture Houston man accused in deadly shooting at ex's apartment 1 / 24 Back to Gallery

A 28-year-old man gunned down his ex-girlfriend’s new partner Monday outside her north Houston apartment, police allege.

The suspected shooter, later identified as Shawn Baldwin, confronted 27-year-old Demi Foster around 10:30 a.m. at Baldwin's ex-girlfriend’s home off West Little York near the North Freeway. Foster man heard yelling outside the door and stepped outside to talk, according to Houston Police Department Homicide Detective Brian Evans.

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The two met atop the third-floor stairwell landing and exchanged words before the 28-year-old pulled a gun and opened fire, Evans said.

Mortally wounded, Foster managed to climb down four flights of stairs and make his way to a grassy area along the street, where he collapsed. Paramedics rushed him to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Meanwhile, Baldwin ran through the apartments, ditching a jacket in a shopping center dumpster before running into officers behind a forklift dealership along the nearby freeway, police said. He was placed in handcuffs and brought back to the apartments, where Evans and his partner charged him with murder.

Evans commended the officers who helped capture the suspect.

“It was an outstanding job by patrol,” Evans said.

Baldwin's loved ones gathered at a shopping center across the street as police combed through evidence at the apartment. He shrugged in their direction as an officer guided his head into the back of a patrol car.

Editor's note: Detectives initially said the suspect's age was 25, but police later confirmed his age is 28.

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