Crime & Safety
Houston Man Charged In Woman's Shooting Death
Guadalupe Vega is accused of shooting 20-year-old Morgan Sproles to death and leaving her body in the street.
HOUSTON, TX -- A man 37-year-old man who police said was wanted for the murder of a 20-year-old woman, has been arrested. Houston Police arrested Guadalupe Vega on Thursday, and charged him with the murder of Morgan Sproles.
A passerby found Sproles' body at about 1 a.m. on Dec. 4, laying in the street in the 10300 block of Ney Street, police said.
Paramedics were called and pronounced Sproles dead at the scene
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HPD Homicide investigators identified Vega as a suspect in this case, and on Dec. 6, he was arrested and charged with her murder.
He is being held in the Harris County Jail without bond.
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