{"id":429021,"date":"2026-09-07T21:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/429021\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T21:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:16:10","slug":"houston-shooting-suspect-charged-with-capital-murder-in-shooting-deaths-of-apartment-leasing-manager-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/429021\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston shooting: Suspect charged with capital murder in shooting deaths of apartment leasing manager, agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788815769_679_default-image.png\" alt=\"Livestream\" class=\"livestream-poster-image\" data-v-b05d485a=\"\"\/>       <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; Houston police arrested a 53-year-old man accused of fatally shooting an apartment complex leasing manager and leasing agent during an argument over his lease terms, court documents stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Houston shooting: Suspect charged with capital murder in shooting deaths of apartment leasing manager, leasing agent <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Derrick Duane Jackson is charged with capital murder in the 228th Criminal District Court.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788815770_578_image-13.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officers responded to the apartment complex\u2019s leasing office on Ella Lee Lane in Houston&#8217;s Mid West neighborhood around 6:45 p.m. last Thursday after receiving reports of a shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Authorities said they found a 47-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced both victims dead at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Investigators identified Jackson as a possible suspect and was later arrested.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to court documents, Jackson confessed to shooting the leasing manager and leasing agent during an argument about the terms of his lease.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Jackson was taken to the Harris County Jail where he has been booked.\u00a0<\/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=\"\">Their identities were being withheld pending notification of their families by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">No bond has been set for Jackson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Houston Police Department, court documents<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/harris-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harris County<\/a><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\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/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; 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