{"id":2026,"date":"2026-05-20T17:31:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:31:31","slug":"tomball-woman-charged-with-murder-called-911-to-confess-to-shooting-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2026","title":{"rendered":"Tomball woman charged with murder called 911 to confess to shooting boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOMBALL, Texas<\/strong> – <\/span>A Tomball woman was arrested and charged on Monday after calling the police to admit she shot her boyfriend.<\/p>

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Nancy Merrel, 68, was charged with murdering her 67-year-old boyfriend and booked in Harris County Jail.<\/p>

Deadly shooting in Tomball<\/h2>

What we know:<\/p>

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According to the Tomball Police Department, Merell called 911 around 7:57 p.m. about a weapons disturbance. She told dispatchers she had just shot her boyfriend.<\/p>

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Officers responded to a local apartment complex on Village Square Drive near Quinn Road. They found the man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.<\/p>

Tomball police say life-saving efforts were taken, but the man died from his injuries.<\/p>

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The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.<\/p>

What we don’t know:<\/p>

Police did not identify the victim.<\/p>

The motivation behind the shooting is unknown.<\/p> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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