Elderly Woman Killed In Shooting That Wounded 11-Year-Old Girl

TOMBALL, TX — An elderly woman was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting incident that also wounded an 11-year-old girl in a Houston suburb early Sunday morning. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirmed the death of the woman Sunday before 8 a.m.

Gonzalez said sheriff's police officers responded to the shooting in the 23000 block of Bettywood Lane in Tomball around 1:30 a.m. to find the elderly woman suffering from "sustained gunshot wounds."

It was a relative of the victim who returned fire and inadvertently hit an 11-year-old girl in a nearby home, Gonzalez said. The 11-year-old sustained minor injuries in the gunfire.

Around 1:30am, @HCSOTexas units responded to a drive-by shooting at 23000 blk Bettywood Ln. Preliminary info: an elderly female sustained gunshot wounds. Possibly in retaliation, a relative of the female returned gunfire & inadvertently struck an 11-yr-old female in an adjacent
— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) July 19, 2020

The identity of the woman who died was not immediately available Sunday morning.

Harris County police ask that anyone with information contact them at 713-221-6000 or 713-222-8477.