Houston Police<\/a> the arrest stems from a possible robbery in the Heights around midnight, where a woman was shot and killed.<\/p>\nAt the scene in the Heights, HPD Lt. Khan said officers responded to a shooting report around midnight in the 500 block of West 20th Street.<\/p>\n
Arriving officers found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound on the sidewalk. Paramedics took the woman to a nearby hospital where she later died.<\/p>\n
Lt. Khan said, through preliminary findings, the woman was walking to her friend\u2019s home when a possible robbery occurred. Witnesses and homicide detectives are responding.<\/p>\n
As the situation in the Heights was developing, police said officers spotted an SUV that had been reported stolen and tried to pull the male driver over.<\/p>\n
They said the driver refused to stop and led officers on a chase before crashing near the Southwest Freeway and Buffalo Speedway around 1 a.m. this morning.<\/p>\n
Police said the man ran into an apartment complex and barricaded himself. HPD Air Support, S.W.A.T. and K-9 units were called in to respond and took the man into custody.<\/p>\n
Another man, dressed as Spider-Man, was detained by police for impeding the investigation. He was later released.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the HPD Homicide Division at (713) 308-3600 or Crime Stoppers of Houston at (713) 222-TIPS, where you can report anonymously.<\/p>\n
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