A Texas woman was fatally shot by her husband as she was filing a domestic violence complaint against him and as she held her baby, officials said.
Takara Hightower, 34, was being interviewed by two Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents in connection with a domestic violence complaint she filed against her husband at their Humble home on the afternoon of Sept. 22, NCIS spokesperson Jeff Houston said.During the interview, he pulled out a pistol and fired shots, injuring one of the NCIS agents in the upper shoulder and the lower abdomen, Harris County Senior Sheriff’s Deputy Thomas M. Gilliland said.
The two children who were at the home during the shooting have been released Takara Hightower’s relatives.Story continues "There were mutual claims that they hit each other, and neither one of them were keen to be transported or to press charges," Gilliland said, adding that the district attorney ordered one of them to leave the home for 24 hours as a result of the incident.
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