Thuy-Hong Ngoc Vu, a 33-year-old woman of Vietnamese ethnicity, was found dead in her Houston apartment at 3710 Faulkner Street on September 18, 2021, with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Officers responded to a shooting call and discovered her on the living room floor; a pistol was located near her body.

The suspect, 29-year-old JD Doakes, identified as a Black male and described as Vu’s boyfriend, remained at the scene and initially told officers the shooting was accidental. He was arrested, charged with murder and booked into Harris County jail. The Houston Police Department Homicide Division, led by Sergeant R. Montalvo and Detective E. Martinez, handled the investigation. Officials said there was no ongoing threat to the public. Vu’s family and acquaintances remembered her as intelligent, calm and family-oriented.

If anyone knew Vu or has information about what happened at her apartment that night, please come forward.