{"id":425789,"date":"2026-09-04T05:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/425789\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T05:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:30:10","slug":"2-found-dead-in-west-houston-apartment-management-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/425789\/","title":{"rendered":"2 found dead in West Houston apartment management office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wj1lxm9ffhv5ku5b.jpg\" alt=\"2 found dead in Houston apartment office\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wj1lxm9ffhv5ku5b.jpg\" alt=\"2 found dead in Houston apartment office\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-5173a8d8=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/video\/fmc-gqoh4y9a4ep5w5j3\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2 found dead in Houston apartment office<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">Houston police are looking to identify anyone who may have been involved in the deaths of two people who were found in the leasing office of a west Houston apartment complex. FOX 26&#8217;s Jillian Hartmann reports the details shared so far.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; A man and woman were found dead on Thursday inside the management office of a west Houston apartment complex, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>   West Houston: 2 dead in apartment office <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police say a shooting was reported at around 6:40 p.m. Thursday at a complex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/9500+Ella+Lee+Ln,+Houston,+TX+77063\/@29.73544,-95.5499755,14.54z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8640c312e35fca93:0x366a3a5e30c3a663!8m2!3d29.7408686!4d-95.5315086?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDkwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on Ella Lee Lane<\/a>, near Westheimer and South Gessner Roads.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hrvelzgb0aevojc.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">(Photo courtesy of Houston Police) <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to a lieutenant at the scene, a maintenance employee and a resident who went to pay their rent found the two victims inside the office.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Both victims were pronounced deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HPD Lt. Larry Crowson said no one heard or saw the victims being shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Detectives are working to collect evidence.<\/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 one involved has been identified at this time. Lt. Crowson says the victims are believed to be in their 50s or 60s.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">There are no details at this time about any potential suspects or a motive.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">This is a breaking news report. We will update when more information is available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Houston Police<\/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":"2 found dead in Houston apartment office Houston police are looking to identify anyone who may have been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425790,"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-425789","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\/425789","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=425789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}