A domestic shooting on the afternoon of December 8, 2025, left 42-year-old Skye Schumpert critically wounded and her 67-year-old father, Mark Schumpert, with multiple gunshot wounds at a residence in the 9600 block of Old Independence Road in Brenham. Deputies responded about 3:45 p.m. after a man called to report he had shot his father and sister. Both victims were taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston.

Mark Schumpert survived and was later released to recover at home. Skye Schumpert remained in critical condition and died at 8:25 a.m. on December 15, 2025. The suspect, identified as 36-year-old Clay Walker Schumpert, was detained at the scene after initially refusing deputies’ commands and was arrested; charges were upgraded to include murder after Skye’s death. He also faces counts of aggravated assault of a family member with a weapon and multiple counts of assault of a public servant. The Texas Rangers are assisting the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

Did anyone in the Brenham area know the Schumpert family or witness events around Old Independence Road that afternoon?