Teresa Nicole Houston, 44, was fatally shot during a domestic altercation at about 12:35 a.m. on May 7, 2024, at a gas station on 6019 Almeda Road in Houston. Witnesses, including Houston Fire Department paramedics who were refueling, saw her ex-boyfriend, 46-year-old Tilford Anthony Joseph, chase her inside the store and through the pumps. Joseph fired multiple shots as she tried to flee; after she fell he continued shooting, inflicting nine gunshot wounds that proved fatal. Paramedics alerted a passing Harris County Precinct 7 deputy constable, who pursued Joseph as he fled in a vehicle.

During a brief chase Joseph stopped, exited his car and exchanged gunfire with the deputy; the deputy was not struck but suffered a minor injury after falling. Joseph then took the deputy’s patrol vehicle and drove away, later returning for a second exchange of gunfire before fleeing again; his car was found abandoned on a north Houston highway. Houston, a paraprofessional in a fundamental skills class at Shadow Creek High School with Alvin Independent School District, was pronounced dead at the scene; the district offered condolences.

What information do readers have about Teresa’s last known movements or anyone who witnessed the events at the station?