Overview
- Two employees were found unresponsive and later pronounced dead inside the leasing office of a west Houston apartment complex, and police said both victims suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
- Police arrested 48-year-old Derrick Duane Jackson and booked him on a capital murder charge tied to the killings.
- Court records allege Jackson also stabbed one of the victims, and investigators are examining surveillance footage and other forensic evidence as part of the probe.
- Prosecutors requested a $1 million bond and filed a motion to deny bond; no bond had been set while the case moved toward the defendant’s next court appearance.
- Family members of one victim have publicly identified her and are demanding answers and justice as the criminal case proceeds and authorities work to establish a motive.