Houston Man Detained for Fatal Shooting of Girlfriend and Assaulting Another in Night of Violence
HOUSTON — A Houston resident was arrested early Wednesday in connection with two shootings, including the murder of his girlfriend. Police report that the sequence of violence began Tuesday evening when Michael Ellis, 26, allegedly shot a man in the leg following an altercation. He then proceeded to kill his girlfriend, Lazette King, 33, in the apartment they shared. Authorities claim that after killing King, Ellis took a photograph of her body and sent it …