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Child Custody Dispute Leads to Shooting at Katy Walmart

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KATY MAGAZINE NEWS

October 30, 2025

By Natalie Cook Clark

 

A shooting occurred at Katy Walmart Tuesday evening. Authorities say that the incident was the result of a child custody dispute. A woman was shot in the leg but the child was unharmed.


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Around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 28, 2025, Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to reports of a shooting at a Katy Walmart (6060 block of Fry Road.) The incident involved a man, his child, the mother, and his girlfriend, and a family member of the mother. The girlfriend was shot in the leg.


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According to authorities, the altercation began inside the Walmart store when the child’s mother showed up and a fight began. They took the fight to the parking lot where things escalated.

 

Deputies reported that the child was inside a vehicle when a male family member of the mother’s shot the father’s girlfriend in the leg. While this happened in front of the child, they were unharmed.

 

They fled the scene and had a brief chase in the neighboring subdivision before crashing their vehicle near Fry Road ad Coldfield.

 

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The girlfriend was taken to the hospital and has been reported to have non-life-threatening injuries.

 

The shooting suspect, believed to be a member of the mother’s family is said by authorities to have fled north on Fry Road after the crash. The wrecked vehicle was found empty when deputies got to it.

 

Investigators ask anyone with information on this case to contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Office or Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713-222-TIPS.






 
 
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