Overview
- Harris County deputies, who responded May 2 after a 911 call from Jose Romero, arrived at the Texarkana Street home in the Houston area.
- Investigators found 39-year-old Yanira Marin de Romero in a bathroom with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced her dead at the scene.
- Deputies detained Romero at the home without incident and booked him into the Harris County Jail on a murder charge.
- Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Romero told homicide detectives he shot his wife because she did not take his back pain seriously.
- Three children in the home hid when they heard gunfire and were not physically hurt, according to authorities.