{"id":379224,"date":"2026-07-20T02:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/379224\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T02:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:52:12","slug":"man-admits-to-killing-girlfriend-in-ne-harris-county-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/379224\/","title":{"rendered":"Man admits to killing girlfriend in NE Harris County shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; A man was arrested Saturday night after admitting to killing his girlfriend during an argument in northeast Harris County, according to authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Harris County crime: Girlfriend killed on Maritime Drive <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SheriffEd_HCSO\/status\/2078638874549711040?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The shooting was reported<\/a> at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/11100+Maritime+Dr,+Houston,+TX+77044\/@29.8800204,-95.167385,14z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8640af5795de19f5:0x92b62629ca735c87!8m2!3d29.876112!4d-95.1520064?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcxNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on Maritime Drive<\/a>, near Sheldon and Garrett Roads.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials say the suspect admitted to the shooting to his stepfather. The stepfather then called the authorities.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maritime.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Deputies responded to the call and found a woman who had been shot to death. The victim has since been identified as 41-year-old Tonya Swink.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The suspect, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edgonzalezhouston\/posts\/pfbid0DCHUfaXpnhP1HSvCcHohnuUKXHJNZ1A7YVrtS5vYtxiXf7C24xgAdD28znJs9t6pl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">29-year-old Cody Prince<\/a>, was still at the scene when deputies arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials say Prince admitted to the shooting while speaking with detectives. He allegedly said that he and Swink were arguing, and she threatened to end their relationship.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Records confirm that Prince is in Harris County custody on a murder charge. His bond has not been set at this time.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">No other details are available at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and records from the Harris County District Clerk&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; A man was arrested Saturday night after admitting to killing his girlfriend during an argument in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-379224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}