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Harris County, TX) Harris County Sheriff’s Office District 1 patrol deputies responded to an in progress call reporting a shooting at The Abbey at Champions apartment complex located at 14101 Walters’s road in north Harris County on Sunday, June 18, 2017.

The male caller reported that his girlfriend accidentally shot herself. The caller removed the couple's small child from the scene and fled before units arrived.

When deputies entered the apartment, they found 25-year-old Maritza Lopez dead from an apparent gunshot wound.

No weapon was recovered at the scene.

The male caller has been identified as 26-year-old Carlos Gonzalez (DOB 01/02/1991), an El Salvadorian national.

He has now been charged with the murder of Maritza Lopez, and his current whereabouts is unknown at this time.

Gonzalez did leave their child with a relative late that evening.

A photo of Gonzalez is attached to this release.

Anyone with information on this suspect is urged to call the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit at 713-274-9100.

Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for information leading to the charging and/or arrest of the suspect in this case. Information may be reported by calling 713-222-TIPS (8477) or submitted online at www.crime-stoppers.org. Tips may also be sent via a text message by texting the following: TIP610 plus the information to CRIMES (274637). All tipsters remain anonymous.