By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
A 34-year-old woman eventually surrendered and was taken into custody after an hourlong stand-off with police.
Stonix News learnt that a witness, Shumoos Al Jameel, didn’t answer when she heard a knock at her door at about 12:30 a.m. Thursday morning. Seconds later, she heard gunshots.
“I went in the back, I called 911. I was really terrified because my kids were both screaming. They were crying really loud and screaming and terrified.
“I was actually hiding in the room, and then a few minutes later, the shooting started in the back, so I had to hide in the bathroom. Me, my mom, and my kids,” Al Jameel said.
The woman was knocking on multiple doors. Another neighbor said she answered, and the woman asked for money. When denied, she said the woman started shooting.
“I called 911 again. I was like, ‘Where is the police? Why didn’t they come yet?’ I’m so scared,” Al Jameel said.
Police say a bullet grazed a 19-year-old bystander.
According to our source, ABC13, when Houston police arrived, the shooter ran inside her apartment and refused to come out. Her boyfriend and three children, who are between 8 and 11 years old, were barricaded with her.
Police say the woman, who they identified as 34-year-old Reyna Rocha, peacefully surrendered after two hours.
She has now been charged with aggravated assault.
“I’m from Iraq originally. And I’m a war survivor, but that was one of the scariest things I’ve experienced, to be honest.
“Because this is like, comes to you personally, in your house. Your home should be a safe zone for you,” Al Jameel said.
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