KHOU 11’s Michelle Choi spoke with family members Saturday morning who said the two were close.
HOUSTON — A woman is dead and a man believed to be her grandson has been taken into custody after a violent confrontation early Saturday morning at a southeast Houston apartment.
Police were called to the Bellfort Plaza apartments on Bellfort Avenue just after 2 a.m. for reports of a deadly stabbing.
According to the Houston Police Department’s initial reports, it was the grandmother who called 911 saying her grandson was attacking her. By the time officers got to the scene, the woman had reportedly been stabbed to death.
HPD’s initial reports said the man, believed to be about 25 years old, may have been off his medication for schizophrenia and started fighting with officers when they arrived. When the officers got inside the apartment, they found the woman dead.
Police said the woman lived at the apartment but the man did not. They said there were no signs of forced entry.
While initial reports said the man was the woman’s grandson, a homicide detective at the scene said they are not officially releasing their relationship.
KHOU 11’s Michelle Choi spoke with family members Saturday morning who said the two were close.
The family said the victim’s name was Lydia and she was just days away from her 66th birthday. She was a grandmother to six children.
Detectives are working to find out what led up to the deadly stabbing.