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KHOU/11 News reported today that a triple shooting in Northwest Harris County has left two people dead.


Deputies say the ordeal began when the shooter went to his ex-girlfriend’s home at 11100 Louetta at around 10 a.m. Thursday.

The gunman reportedly shot his ex and then shot her current boyfriend.
She died at the scene and her boyfriend was wounded.

He was taken to an area hospital.

The shooter fled the scene.

Officials say he shot and killed himself in the parking lot of a church on 17100 Hufsmith Kohrville. Plus, Richmond police say a man tried to sexually assault two other women after he posted bond on another rape charge.

Ronald Geathers, 36, had been released on bond after being arrested and charged for a sexual assault that happened in July.

Police say the Richmond man attacked a woman after returning to his apartment in the 1700 block of FM 1640.

At about 1:20 a.m. on Wednesday, an officer was dispatched to that complex to investigate the attempted sexual assault.

As the officer took statements at that scene, another attempted sexual assault incident was called into police.

This incident, police say, occurred in the 800 block of Maiden Lane.

When officers arrived there, they say Geathers was still at the scene.

The victims in the Maiden Lane case and the FM 1640 case identified Geathers as the man who attempted to sexually assault them.

Geathers was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted sexual assault and transported back to the Fort Bend County Jail.

On another note, dozens of opponents to a university rail line told Metro board members they don’t want light rail running through their neighborhood.

“We are very interested in protecting our neighborhood the way it is,” said resident Lizette Cobb who lives on Wheeler Avenue.

The Metro board is expected to decide on a university line that would run along major parts of Wheeler and Richmond avenues. It would provide transportation for students at Texas Southern University, University of Houston, Yates High School and Cuney Homes a public housing complex.

“When you are trying to lay out a system like this you look where the demand is going to be,” said Metro Board Chairman David Wolff. “We have to be sensitive to the folks on Wheeler -- that this does not increase the noise and take any residential property.”

But some Third Ward residents are adamantly opposed to it.

“We are taxpaying people, we are elderly, our homes are historical,” said Wheeler resident Louis Ray. “We have said for years we don’t want you on Wheeler Street. We are in favor of light rail -- just not coming down Wheeler Street.”

Business and community leaders, including city council member Peter Brown expressed support for the recommended new Metro line.

“If we want to be a first class city, we have to have a first class rail line,” Brown said.

Public comment period ends this morning.

The board is expected to a decision late this afternoon.

Tonight on 11 News ata 5 and 6 find out what the board decides and what the next step will be.

Investigators are also looking into the death of a man who fell to his death from a fifth floor balcony.

The man fell to his death from a fifth story balcony.

It happened at a ten story building on West Alabama at Brandt.

Those condos are in the Montrose area.

Authorities are trying to figure out if the fall was an accident or a homicide.

Police did interview several witnesses and have a person of interest in custody.

It's not known if the victim lived in the condo or was just visiting.

That person's identity has not been released