Earlier today in Gulfton, a domestic dispute escalated into gunfire, resulting in a woman and a child being hospitalized with gunshot wounds. The Houston police were called to the scene at an apartment complex on 5401 Rampart Street around 3:22 a.m., where they discovered the victims of the shooting, the woman with multiple bullet wounds, and the child who, though not the intended target was grazed by a stray bullet, as ABC13 reports.

According to Click2Houston, witnesses recounted hearing shouting and yelling before the shots were fired, the woman was shot in her legs and chest, and the 4-year-old child sustained only a minor injury, although the woman was in critical condition after being transported to a hospital, while the suspect was taken into custody by the police.

Officials revealed that the altercation was between the wounded woman and a man she was in a dating relationship with, the suspect in question, whose motive for the violence remains under investigation, police found a weapon at the scene, firing several gunshots during the incident. The area of 5401 Rampart Street is known to be generally peaceful, and residents expressed their consternation at the sudden burst of police activity to ABC13's Nick Natario, with one detective underscoring the criticality of seeking assistance in domestic violence situations, advising victims to "reach out for help."

The investigation is ongoing, and the police have conducted a thorough door-to-door search within the apartment complex to ensure no additional casualties were overlooked, during this tragic event a man and a baby who were also present have not been harmed, ABC13 details.