HOUSTON — Houston police say a man has been arrested for shooting and killing three family members Saturday afternoon. According to HPD, the man called 911 afterward and claimed the three were burglars.
This happened at an apartment complex on Hammerly Boulevard, east of the Sam Houston Tollway.
Bryan J. Fernandez Hernandez, 27, has been charged with capital murder in the shooting, police say.
When officers got to the scene Saturday, a police dispatcher was speaking to Fernandez Hernandez on the phone and instructed him to come out.
"The [suspect] stepped out, surrendered to officers and told them there were burglars in his apartment, and that he had shot them," Houston Police Assistant Chief Wyatt Martin said on Saturday.
On Sunday, police posted an update to X, saying that further investigation revealed there had not been a burglary and that the three people shot were family members of Fernandez Hernandez.
According to HPD, the victims were two women ages 65 and 43 and a 38-year-old man.
Court documents identified two of the three victims as Karen Herrera and Leonor Hernandez Guerrero. One victim's identity is still unknown.
HPD said the older woman lived in the apartment and the other two family members had been staying there for several days.
Fernandez Hernandez waived his appearance in probable cause court. The judge there decided to pass the question of bond over to the trial court judge.
According to information presented in court, Fernandez Hernandez allegedly shot and killed his mother, sister and brother-in-law.