CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi Police Department Robbery/Homicide detectives are investigating a woman's death that was called in early Friday morning on Corpus Christi's West Side.
Police arrived in the 300 block of Hiawatha at 11:28 p.m. Thursday and found the woman dead inside a home.
Detectives with the robbery and homicide division arrived shortly after and began a homicide investigation where they identified a suspect who ran away from the scene.
CCPD initiated a BOLO for the vehicle connected with the death of the woman on Hiawatha Street. The vehicle was spotted traveling down Interstate 37, which resulted in a shootout at I-37 near the border between Bexar and Atascosa counties.
Late Friday afternoon, the office posted an update to its Facebook page saying that the suspect has not yet positively been identified, but "based on information provided by the Corpus Christi Police Department, it is believed the individual is Edward Ben Garcia, age 51, of Corpus Christi."
An autopsy is pending.
Neighbors who knew the victim said this incident was something that was completely unexpected.
"It's kind of quiet around the neighborhood. They're quiet people. I mean I couldn't believe this," they said.
Our sister station KENS 5 contributed to this report.