LEANDER, Texas — The Leander Police Department is investigating after a woman was shot dead in a home early Saturday.
The department received a call around 3:15 a.m. reporting a man had shot his girlfriend in the 1100 block of Snow Goose Lane. Officers responded to the scene and found the dead woman, identified as 24-year-old Kathryn Lynn Gibson. She had been shot once with a pistol, LPD reported.
The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Leander man Edward Figueroa Jr., fled the scene but was later located and detained without incident by Williamson County Sheriff's Office deputies.
Officials said Figueroa was transferred to the custody of LPD. He has been charged with murder and is in the Williamson County Jail on a bond of $1.2 million.
This was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public.
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