On January 14, 2014, Jeffrey Hamilton, a 34-year-old African American male, was found deceased in his apartment at 6425 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency responders from the Houston Police Department and Houston Fire Department arrived at the scene around noon. Inside the apartment, they discovered Mr. Hamilton's girlfriend, Alicia Levalle Duncan, a 24-year-old African American female, with a gunshot wound. Ms.
Duncan was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Initial investigations revealed that Ms. Duncan had shot Mr. Hamilton multiple times before inflicting a non-life-threatening gunshot wound upon herself. Following the incident, Ms. Duncan was not immediately charged, and the case remained under investigation. Approximately 18 months later, on June 23, 2015, authorities arrested Ms. Duncan in Dallas, Texas. She was subsequently charged with murder in the 174th State District Court for the fatal shooting of Mr. Hamilton. At the time of her arrest, Ms. Duncan was awaiting transfer from the Collin County jail to the Harris County jail.
The relationship between Mr. Hamilton and Ms. Duncan was described as that of boyfriend and girlfriend. The motive behind the shooting was not detailed in the available reports. The arrest and subsequent charging of Ms. Duncan brought some resolution to the case, though further details regarding the legal proceedings were not provided in the available sources.
