Dale Joseph Blake, 65, was shot multiple times inside his Humble, Texas home on the evening of October 8, 2019, and later pronounced dead at a local hospital. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. at a residence on the 20000 block of Pinehurst Drive. Harris County deputies responded to a life in danger call and found Blake with multiple gunshot wounds.

Blake was a Fire Chief and Emergency Response and Security Superintendent at Kaneka North America in Pasadena and a Hazardous Materials Specialist with Channel Industries Mutual Aid; he also volunteered with the Atascocita Fire Department. Deputies found his girlfriend, 30-year-old Latonya Jones, outside a neighbor’s house with a pistol hidden nearby. Jones told deputies Blake had shot himself, but she was charged with his murder after investigators concluded the evidence did not support that account. The motive has not been publicly disclosed.

Anyone who knew Dale Blake or who has information about the events of October 8, 2019, in the Pinehurst Drive area is asked to come forward.