Woman used cellphone tracking to find boyfriend's body after he suddenly ran away from bus stop during FaceTime call: Police

A Texas antheral was shot and killed moments aft helium spoke to his woman connected FaceTime — and she whitethorn person heard him chatting with his alleged killer.

The Houston Police Department told section CBS affiliate KHOU that an unnamed antheral successful his 20s was fatally changeable astatine astir 9 p.m. connected Saturday. According to police, helium was talking to his woman connected the telephone portion waiting for a autobus adjacent the country of East 34th Street and North Main Street, successful an country known arsenic Independence Heights successful Houston.

The mates had been speaking connected FaceTime erstwhile an chartless antheral approached the alleged unfortunate and had what the woman described arsenic a affable conversation, according to police. But then, the alleged unfortunate took disconnected moving and the telephone went silent.

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Local ABC presumption KTRK reported that the man's woman called constabulary aft their telephone was chopped off, saying she was disquieted astir her boyfriend. Police said she reportedly tracked his determination utilizing his phone.

According to police, the pistillate recovered her boyfriend's telephone first. She soon recovered his assemblage successful a grassy country nearby. Police said that the antheral died of his injuries earlier archetypal responders could get to prevention him.

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While constabulary person not named the unfortunate oregon his girlfriend, they are seeking the public's assistance to find accusation surrounding the fatal shooting. Police person shared the item that the alleged unfortunate precocious started moving astatine Houston's historical Jackson's Barbershop, successful the aforesaid vicinity wherever helium was killed. Employees astatine Jackson's Barbershop confirmed the man's employment to KHOU portion having affirmative things to accidental astir him.

The Houston Police Department person asked anyone with accusation astir the shooting to interaction them straight oregon telephone Houston Crime Stoppers astatine 713-222-TIPS.