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Diego Martinez is on the run.

He got a semiautomatic pistol and began firing, killing her and seriously wounding the man.

Alicia Martinez, 40, died at her home in the 7300 block of Yellow Pine on the northwest side, police say. Her three children were home at the time of the incident.

Her husband escaped and is the subject of a manhunt. He is described as about 5-5 and weighing 200 pounds and was last seen driving a black F-150 Ford pickup with Texas license plate number AX67304. Police say the truck has a white stripe along the bottom.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

Killed outside a strip club.

Antoin Leon Yarbrough, 39, was standing outside the Palace Gentleman's Club in the 9300 block of Bissonnet when he was approached by a man, police said.

At some point, the man shot him.

KHOU reports that Yarbrough is a "popular bar promoter."

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

Rosa Gonzalez confessed, cops say

Members of Candy Flores's family told police the girl fell "from a bathroom toilet to the tile floor where she struck her forehead."

HFD paramedics responded, found her with a contusion to her face, and she was pronounced dead at the scene in the 9900 block of Club Creek Drive.

The incident happened about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

"The investigation is pending the child's cause of death to be determined by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences," police say.

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Debra Norton shot her common-law husband, cops say.

Police say Norton shot Charles Brown, 47, in the head about 3:30 in the morning of January 13.

The incident occurred in their home in the 6300 block of Micollet on the northeast side of town.

Man shot at transmission shop.

Police report Roy W. Scott, 50, of Houston was found dead at Charlie's Transmission Shop at 7012 N. Shepherd Saturday morning. He had been shot once and was pronounced dead at the scene.

There are no suspects or a motive as of yet.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713 308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713 222-TIPS.

Beating death in Montrose

Media reports say an altercation occurred at the Scott Childress Studio salon in the 1700 block of Welch.

Police say they received a call for medical help, and found a man severely beaten who soon died.

KHOU reports a second man went into a nearby HPD substation "and told officers he may have badly injured another person during an altercation."

KHOU says, "Authorities said the man who admitted to being involved was released. Police continue to look for him."

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

Shot to death by a visitor.

Michael Ray Cooper, 28, had a visitor to his home in the 3600 block of Bloomfield about noon Sunday. "At some point during the visit, the suspect shot and killed Cooper," HPD says. "After the shooting, two additional suspects entered the residence and ransacked the home."

Police say the suspects, "described only as three black males, were last seen in a possibly brown or tan Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevrolet Suburban or GMC Yukon."

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

Woman shot in her car.

Gelareh Bagherzadeh was shot about 12:30 Monday morning in the 800 block of Augusta. police say.

She was shot in her car and drove into a townhome garage. Media reports indicate she was talking on her cell with an ex-boyfriend at the time, and he told police he heard some background noises and then the phone went dead, KHOU said.

The Houston Chronicle has interviewed her in the past in her role as a sharp critic of the Iranian government. It is not known if her activism had any role in the death.

"Homicide investigators responded to the scene and were told by witnesses that several gunshots were heard, a crash and then tires squealing," HPD says.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

A northeast-side fight.

Terrell Edwards, 20, was in a house in the 9300 block of Laura Koppe about 10:30 p.m. with "four unknown suspects described only as Hispanic males, 20 to 25 years of age," HPD says.

One of the suspects fired at Edwards "and continued shooting in his direction as Edwards ran down the street, HPD says. "Edwards fell to the ground approximately one block away."

The four men escaped on foot. Edwards was declared dead at the scene.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

Elderly woman beaten to death by robber.

Margaret Marie Gage, 82, was at home in the 5700 block of Sanford in Westbury when her husband opened the back door about 8:45 p.m. to let out their dog, police say.

"An unknown male suspect forced entry and pushed the husband to the ground," HPD says. "The suspect kicked the husband in the head. At that time, Mrs. Gage tried to intervene and the suspect fatally beat her with his hands."

He then forced her husband to show him where the couple's valuables were.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.