An employee is accused of shooting his supervisor to death at a business in Greenway Plaza.
Sources close to the investigation tell reporters the suspect is 26-year-old Montavius Wright.
On Wednesday, at about 11:58 a.m., officers received a call of a shooting at 3800 Cummins.
At the scene, police learned the shooting happened on the 10th floor of the building, but the suspect was not found. After a search, authorities said the suspect was arrested at a high-rise apartment complex in the 1600 block of Fannin Street around 2 p.m.
2ND UPDATE on fatal shooting at an office building at 3800 Cummins:
The suspect believed to be wanted in this shooting has been taken into custody at another location.We will have a media briefing with @HoustonFire shortly.#hounews pic.twitter.com/JQSoAZ6APS
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) March 16, 2022
Police said the suspect is an employee at Greenway Plaza and the victim was his supervisor. Police believe the suspect targeted his supervisor as he “passed up everybody else.” But it’s unclear why he targeted the supervisor.
“We do not think this was random, but that he was actually looking for his supervisor,” according to HPD Executive Assistant Chief Larry Satterwhite.
Around 1:20 p.m., Houston Police said the scene was no longer considered an active shooting incident.
HPD SWAT and @HoustonFire on location of a shooting at a business at 3800 Cummins. HFD has confirned one DOA and officers are searching for the suspect. citizens are asked avoid the area. NOT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT AT THIS TIME pic.twitter.com/a7T4cU7YEY
— Houston Fire Dept (@HoustonFire) March 16, 2022
Several different businesses office out of the Twenty Greenway Plaza building where the shooting happened.
William Contreras, who works on the fifth floor of the building, told reporters he stepped out to get lunch for his teammates and by the time he got back, he saw the police cars outside the building, found out about the situation and alerted his coworkers who were still inside.
“I pinged them through Teams and I told them, ‘Hey, there’s an active shooter in the building,'” said Contreras.
He said the whole ordeal made him uneasy.
“It’s going to be definitely crazy going back. I am not from this country and in my country we don’t have shooter situations like this. It seems this is rampant in the States,” said Contreras.
Another employee reporters spoke to, Chris Idol, works on the sixth floor of the building. He too stepped outside for lunch and said he came back around 15 minutes later, only to find out about the situation.
“I feel lucky… Because could you imagine being in there and not knowing? It’s nuts,” said Idol.
He told reporters some of his coworkers were sheltering inside one of the rooms within their office.