Editor's note: This story has been updated to include new information released following the initial incident.
KATY, TX (Covering Katy News) — A man and a woman are dead following an hours-long barricaded standoff at a Katy-area apartment complex Monday, and the Sheriff's Office has now classified the case as a murder-suicide and identified the shooter as 23-year-old Caleb Green.
Following the shooting, investigators also learned Green had experienced the loss of more than one person close to him in the last year and that he had been having relationship issues with his girlfriend.
Deputies responded shortly before 2 p.m. to a disturbance call at The Century at Katy Apartments in the 1000 block of Katy Gap Road after Green called in a panic, saying he had accidentally shot his girlfriend, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. The apartment complex is not far from Kingsland Boulevard, a short distance west of the Grand Parkway.
Green refused to cooperate with law enforcement for several hours, prompting SWAT to deploy gas into the unit. He then retreated to a balcony, where he suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
"Deputies also located a deceased adult female inside the residence."
She was 20 years old, but her name has not been released.
"The circumstances surrounding both deaths remain under investigation," Gonzalez said. "There is no ongoing threat to the public."
No deputies discharged their weapons during the incident, authorities said.