Career criminal accused of killing elderly woman in violent home invasion after skipping court days earlier

A Texas antheral with 3 anterior convictions is backmost down bars aft allegedly gunning down an aged pistillate during a location penetration earlier this week, conscionable days aft authorities signed a warrant for his apprehension aft reportedly failing to look successful court. 

Richard Mouton, 34, and Tajuana Thomas, 38, are charged with superior execution aft allegedly shooting a 72-year-old pistillate to decease astatine her location successful Houston’s Kashmere Gardens vicinity connected Monday, the Houston Police Department said successful a statement. 

The individuality of the unfortunate has not yet been released by authorities. 

Witnesses told authorities that Thomas had been aggravated with the unfortunate aft she antecedently refused to bail Thomas retired of jail, portion adding the 2 "argued astir it each the time," Click2Houston reported.

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Richard Mouton, 34, is charged with superior execution aft allegedly shooting a 72-year-old pistillate to decease successful a location penetration successful Houston, Texas connected Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, according to authorities. (Houston Police Department)

The incidental unfolded astir 1:50 a.m. connected Monday, erstwhile some masked suspects allegedly entered done an unlocked backdoor of the victim’s residence – wherever Thomas antecedently lived – and recovered the unfortunate dormant connected a couch, according to the outlet. 

The brace reportedly demanded jewelry from the unfortunate and pointed an AR-style firearm astatine her, starring to a shootout betwixt some suspects and the 72-year-old woman. 

The unfortunate changeable Thomas successful the hep and Mouton successful the look with a revolver, earlier being killed by gunfire, the outlet reported.

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Tajuana Thomas, 38, is charged with superior execution aft allegedly shooting a 72-year-old pistillate to decease successful a location penetration successful Houston, Texas connected Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, according to authorities. (Houston Police Department)

Both suspects were subsequently transported to a section hospital, portion the unfortunate was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, according to authorities. 

The alleged deadly location penetration is reportedly not the archetypal clip either fishy has had a run-in with the law. 

At the clip of the shooting, Thomas was retired connected enslaved stemming from a misdemeanor terroristic menace charge, Click2Houston reported.

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Richard Mouton and Tajuana Thomas are accused of gunning down a 72-year-old pistillate successful an alleged location penetration pursuing a reported quality successful Houston, Texas connected Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (iStock)

Court records reportedly amusement successful 2022, a unfortunate told authorities that Thomas had been fired from her occupation earlier returning to her erstwhile spot of employment and telling the unfortunate she was going to "beat his a--." 

Meanwhile, Mouton was handed down a 60-day jailhouse condemnation successful 2023 aft being convicted of felony evading apprehension portion helium was retired connected parole, according to FOX 26. 

Mouton’s parole aboriginal ended successful 2024, Click2Houston reported.

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In July 2025, Mouton was reportedly arrested and charged with felon successful possession of a weapon, evading apprehension and cause possession. 

Court records reportedly bespeak helium allegedly ran 1,500 feet from a postulation halt portion carrying much than 100 grams of marijuana, astir 12 grams of Xanax, 5 grams of ecstasy, 3.4 grams of cocaine, implicit 24 grams of methamphetamine and a firearm. 

While Mouton had been retired connected enslaved since astir a week aft his arrest, records amusement helium failed to look successful tribunal connected Jan. 22, the outlet reported. 

His nonaccomplishment to look reportedly resulted successful authorities issuing a warrant for his apprehension conscionable 2 days earlier the alleged deadly location invasion.

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"It's ever disturbing that you could beryllium connected parole, get a felony conviction, and inactive beryllium connected parole and not person your parole revoked," Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers told FOX 26.

The Harris County Prosecutor’s Office did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s remark regarding some Mouton and Thomas’ erstwhile parole decisions anterior to the alleged murder.