Darla Murrell, 66, co-owned Thermal Polymer Systems in Angleton, Texas with her husband Donnie and worked alongside their son Devin Chase Murrell, 37. On the morning of February 12, 2024, a man opened fire inside the company’s industrial facility in the 900 block of South Velasco Street at about 8:20 a.m. Both Darla and Devin were struck and airlifted to a Houston hospital, where they later died of their wounds.

Police identified 35-year-old Bradley Jones as the suspect; he fled in a 2015 silver Chevrolet Silverado and was later located near Surfside Beach and arrested without incident. Investigators said Jones’s wife had formerly been employed at Thermal Polymer, but no specific motive was released.

If anyone has information about the shooting or remembered unusual activity near the plant that morning, please share what you know.