HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says an alleged stalker will face charges after he and his victim were both hospitalized in north Harris County on Tuesday night.
The agency told ABC13 it was after 9 p.m. when a woman returning home in the 2100 block of Hartwick Road noticed someone in her yard.
“She was coming home from church,” Lt. Roosevelt Berry, Jr. said.
Authorities said the suspect, now identified as Emanuel Marin, was in her yard and had allegedly been stalking the victim for a few days.
Investigators said the woman was then shot in the shoulder when Marin fired into her vehicle. Marin then reportedly fired at the victim’s boyfriend’s car, hitting it. Fearing for his life, the boyfried drove his car into Marin, injuring him.
“(Her boyfriend) was following her home from church in his own vehicle,” Berry said. “He witnessed the shooting.”
According to HCSO, Marin had previously attended church with the victim and her boyfriend until he was bananed from returning for allegedly making threats to staff members.
Both the woman and her alleged stalker were hospitalized, but are expected to survive, according to the lieutenant.
HCSO said Marin is 24 years old and will be charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and burglary of a habitation. Deputies said he had a broken leg and would be transferred to the HCSO Detentions Medical unit.
This story comes from our news partner ABC13 Houston.