HOUSTON - Houston investigators are trying to determine if charges will be filed against a man who shot and killed a woman's ex after he brutally assaulted her, police say.

The shooter in the incident has not been identified.

Deadly shooting in northeast Houston

What we don't know:

Lieutenant J.P. Horelica reports police and the fire department arrived in the 6900 block of Hoffman after receiving a call about a shooting that just occurred in the area.

Police learned a woman and her ex-boyfriend had got into an altercation earlier, and he returned to the residence to pick up his belongings. The woman asked another male friend of hers to be at the home with her because she was scared.

Tensions escalated in the residence and the ex-boyfriend began beating the woman, according to Lt. H

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