HOUSTON — A husband and wife met up at a restaurant in northwest Harris County to talk about their divorce but things got violent when the wife brought a friend, deputies said.
HCSO Major Susan Cotter said the 29-year-old woman was with her 40-year-old boyfriend when the husband, who is 61, arrived at a restaurant at 4505 Cypress Creek Parkway (FM 1960).
“They spoke in the restaurant for about 20 minutes and the conversation, we’re told, did not go well,” Cotter said.
The husband then left, but came back inside and shot his wife's friend multiple times, according to Cotter, then tried to shoot his wife and missed.
The husband drove away, but deputies spotted his Maserati in a parking lot south of the restaurant. As they approached, he shot himself in the head.
He was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
“We don’t expect him to survive,” Cotter said.
Cotter said the husband used a small caliber semi-automatic weapon and fired approximately 13 rounds in the restaurant. There were about half a dozen people inside at the time, including employees.
"Very tragic, very tragic for everyone involved."
The couple had been married around nine years, according to Cotter.
Kathy Smith said she and her daughter had just arrived for lunch at the restaurant and were about to walk inside right after the shooting.
“And I’m like 'Oh (bleep)!', I said 'Somebody got shot!'" Smith said. “So when we came back around, the guy was already lying on the floor.. dead."
Smith said they probably won't be back after what happened.
Deputies have not identified the individuals involved in the shooting, but family members identified the deceased as Maurenzo Smith, who is a professional boxer. He was set to travel to Colombia next week for a match.
Smith's family told us he was not dating the woman and had just met her on Friday.