Jackelyn Jackie Wilson was 32 when she was shot and killed in her apartment at the Willow Green Apartments near FM-1960 and SH-249 in Houston on October 2, 2024. The shooting happened around 8 a.m.; her two young children, ages 4 and 7, were in the apartment. One child ran to a nearby bus stop for help and bystanders tried to render aid but could not save her.

Surveillance footage shows 39-year-old Howard Devon Ruffin entering and exiting Wilson’s apartment around the time of the shooting. Ruffin, who had been in a tumultuous five-year relationship with Wilson and faced a 2022 assault charge for attacking her, turned himself in later that day and was charged with murder. Family members say the relationship had a documented history of domestic violence and that Wilson had ended it two days earlier and removed Ruffin’s belongings. Her mother, Denise Bibbs, is now caring for Wilson’s four children and has criticized the handling of earlier charges; a GoFundMe has been set up to support the children.

If anyone saw activity at Willow Green Apartments on October 2 or has information about the relationship between Wilson and Ruffin, please come forward to investigators.