Breakup leads to triple shooting in Webster
A Webster man is dead and two women were Life Flighted to Hermann Memorial Hospital in extremely critical condition Saturday afternoon after a triple shooting in Webster.
One of the women, identified as Jessica Davies, 24, of Friendswood, was pronounced dead at the hospital while the other, Angelica Thomas, 26, was still listed in critical condition.
Webster Police Chief Ray Smiley identified the gunman as Germain Jimenez, 33, who lived at the apartment complex at 900 Henderson Road, where the shootings took place. The shootings, in the parking area under the Hidden Lakes Apartment Complex in the Tranquility Lake area off Egret Bay Boulevard, stemmed from the man’s recent break-up with his girlfriend, Smiley said. “The suspect and the sister of one of the victims had been dating for the last 2½ years but had broken up three weeks ago,” Smiley said as his officers worked the scene. The man and the ex-girlfriend had been arguing over the past two days.
Then, Smiley said, “On Saturday, Oct. 2, the suspect went to his ex-girlfriend’s place of employment and caused a disturbance to which the Houston Police Department was called. The suspect left the scene and returned to his apartment, but the ex-girlfriend was sent home by her employer and she called her sister to tell her the news. Smiley said Sunday that Davies was the ex-girlfriend’s sister. “The sister and a friend went to the suspect’s apartment and confronted him about the continued harassment of his ex-girlfriend. As the two women were leaving the parking lot the suspect followed them and shot Davies multiple times as she was getting out of her vehicle.
“The suspect then went to the other vehicle and shot Thomas multiple times. A Good Samaritan came to her aid but the suspect, at gunpoint, made him pull Thomas’ vehicle several yards away so he, Jimenez, could escape in his own vehicle. As the suspect fled the scene he ran over Davies, who was lying in the driveway.” Smiley said officers were arriving at the scene just as the suspect was leaving. “A short chase ensued until the suspect pulled into a strip center parking lot at Egret Bay and NASA Parkway. Officers ordered him to show his hands but he did not.” As they neared the vehicle, they found he had shot himself in the head and was dead.
The chief said the ex-girlfriend was not involved in the shootings, which left neighbors startled, as they were planning weekend swim parties and other get-togethers. “We only average about one murder every two years,” Smiley said, going on to detail the events leading up to the shootings, which he said had their origin back “about a week ago when the ex-girlfriend called Houston Police to her work place and made a report alleging that the suspect had sent her over 100 threatening text messages. “On Wednesday, Sept. 29, the suspect had picked up his ex-girlfriend and they had gone to his apartment. On Thursday, the 30th, the suspect and ex-girlfriend had gotten into an argument and the suspect physically forced her out of his apartment and told her to get her own ride home. She called us and an officer took her home. She said the suspect had pushed and kicked her but she did not want to file any charges.
“On Friday night, Oct. 1, the suspect called a friend and told him he was pacing the floor of his apartment with his handgun and was mad. The friend came over and calmed him down and left but did not contact the police. “On Saturday, Oct. 2, the suspect went to his ex-girlfriends place of employment,” setting off the fatal confrontation.
Anyone having information about this incident is urged to contact the Webster Police Department at 281-332-2426.
By MARY ALYS CHERRY published on Oct. 2, 2010 on Chron.com - Bay Area News
Kathy Pinna 
