Houston police investigate apparent murder-suicide at Medical Center hotel
Hotel staff asked police to check on a guest who had gone silent since Wednesday; officers found a mother and two children dead inside a Kirby Drive room.
Houston police were called around noon Friday to the Residence Inn by Marriott Houston Medical Center/NRG Park on Kirby Drive after hotel staff had not heard from a guest staying there since Wednesday. Employees opened the room with a pass key after finding the door locked from the inside, and officers discovered three bodies in the room between Main Street and Old Spanish Trail.
Houston police and the Houston Fire Department said the case is an apparent murder-suicide. Investigators said the mother is believed to have shot her two children before turning the gun on herself. The victims were identified only as an approximately 40-year-old woman, a 9-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl. Their names had not been released Friday.
Detectives said they do not believe the deaths happened on Friday, but they had not yet determined exactly when the shooting occurred. The investigation remained active as police continued working the scene and speaking with possible witnesses. The room where the bodies were found was inside an extended-stay hotel at 7807 Kirby Drive, a 182-room property Marriott lists as the Residence Inn Houston Medical Center/NRG Park near NRG Park and within the broader Medical Center area.
Police said the case involves mental health concerns. The Houston Police Department has a Mental Health Division that works with The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD on crisis response and intervention, and residents can call the Harris Center’s 24/7 crisis and access line at 713-970-7000, Houston 311, United Way of Greater Houston’s 211 Texas helpline, or 988 for suicide or mental health crisis support.
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