HOUSTON – A man is behind bars after he shot and killed his girlfriend’s brother in Acres Homes overnight Monday after a scuffle when he tried to calm things down.
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It happened around 1 a.m. when police said they were called to an apartment complex on Garden City Drive off W Montgomery Road in north Houston.
Based on preliminary details, officials said there was an argument between Chris Batiste, 23, and his unidentified girlfriend.
Police said in an updated news release the 23-year-old pointed a gun at her and refused to let her leave, so she called relatives to the apartment for help. That’s when an unidentified man, the girlfriend’s brother, showed up to try and calm things down, to no avail. Eventually, he and Batiste fought over the gun before a shot was fired, killing the brother-in-law. Batiste then took off with the gun by the time police arrived.T
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Batiste, who investigators said has a prior criminal history, has since been arrested and faces four felony charges including murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault of a family member, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
