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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An hours-long standoff at a home in Kingwood ended Friday afternoon after the barricaded suspect set the house on fire.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said it later recovered a charred body and a rifle from the home in the 2000 block of Shadow Rock Drive.

Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said deputies arrived at the home around 10:30 a.m. to arrest the homeowner who was identified as 46-year-old Christian Andrew Peck.

Records show Peck had two warrants out– one for assaulting his then-wife and another for violating a protection order she had taken out.

Cellphone video shows deputies informing Peck of the warrants and instructing him to come out of the house.

Instead, deputies say the suspect remained inside the home, though they did not say for certain that person was Peck.

Around 2 p.m., deputies said the person inside the home started shooting at some of their equipment. Moments later, flames could be seen shooting from the house.

“We heard a loud bang, a couple other, like, shots, it sounded like, and then we saw the house was starting on fire and there were big flames and smoke everywhere,” neighbor Lawrence Hack said.

The fire laid waste to Peck’s house and ruptured a gas line.

“He made some comments that the individual that was (inside), that he was willing to burn the house down. He didn’t want his, I guess, spouse or former spouse to have the home,” Gonzalez said,

Records show Peck’s divorce was finalized on Aug. 12.

Court documents also show he was arrested in 2022 after police say he tried strangling his wife.

In 2023, online court records show he was given four years’ probation as part of a deferred adjudication deal. However, the deal was revoked, and a warrant was issued for Peck’s arrest two months later after prosecutors say he violated the terms of the deal.

Months later, a warrant was issued for his arrest in Montgomery County for allegedly violating his wife’s protection order by repeatedly messaging her. The arrest affidavit notes he had homicidal and suicidal tendencies and that he hadn’t been seen for the past six months.

The body found at Peck’s home is still pending official identification.

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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A woman is expected to survive after being shot by an employee inside a northeast Harris County Walmart, authorities say.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting stemmed from an argument between the Walmart employee and three other women she knew from outside of work.

Deputies say the women confronted the Walmart worker outside the store on the North Beltway at Wilson around 2:45 p.m.

“Several of the females came in to talk to the management. I guess lodge a complaint about that employee,” Maj. Joseph Blendermann said.

That’s when deputies say the fight moved inside the store.

Video shared by a witness shows a different Walmart employee holding back one woman as other women fight near the cash registers.

Deputies said several Walmart employees attempted to break up the fight and a witness said security guards intervened as well.

After the fight had ended, deputies say the Walmart employee from earlier shot one of the women before surrendering to deputies.

“It was kind of scary,” a witness, who asked not to be identified, said. “Everybody kind of ran off, ran to the back, ran to the side, ran to the front or wherever you could go and get away from the scene.”

Santino Degomez said he was pulling up to the Walmart as employees and customers were running outside. He said he saw the suspect being led away in handcuffs while still wearing her Walmart uniform.

“From what everybody else is telling me, they’re telling me that she was, like, a shy worker and that she never showed signs to be, like, that type of person so they found it strange for her to just, you know, pull out a gun and resolve it in that type of manner,” Degomez said.

Walmart shut its doors for the rest of the day as investigators combed the store for evidence, catching frequent shoppers off guard.

“I was very amazed and surprised when I drove up and saw this,” one woman said.

“I’m being nosy. I want to see what’s going on cause this is my shopping center, so this is my place,” another said.

Deputies haven’t released the shooter’s name or said what charges she’ll face. It’s unclear if anyone else will be charged.

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police responded to an incident that broke out at Barnett Stadium during a high school football game in southeast Houston on Friday evening.

HPD confirmed a fight sent people running from the stands and onto the field during the Yates vs. Madison game.

Lt. Larry Crowson told Eyewitness News there was “stomping” on the metal bleachers which people thought were gunshots. He said no weapons or shell casings were found.

Crowson said several other fights broke out during the chaos, and that HISD police took several people into custody. He said nobody was taken to the hospital.

Players from both schools were seen shaking hands after the game was called.

Eyewitness News is continuing to gather facts on this story.

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two firefighters were injured in a multi-alarm fire that broke out at a complex in northwest Houston on Tuesday evening, officials said.

At 7:20 p.m., the Houston Fire Department announced crews were en route to the fire in the 2700 block of Teague Road.

The fire has since been put out.

Fire crews reported that out of the 389 units, 100 suffered water or fire damage.

According to HFD, one firefighter was taken to the hospital with a shoulder injury, and another was treated on scene for heat-related illness.

The cause and origin of the fire are under investigation.

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