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HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston woman has been charged with killing her spouse during an argument that included her daughter.

Police say 46-year-old Dedra Jackson was being held Monday on a murder charge. The case involves Saturday night's fatal shooting of 44-year-old Nathaniel Jackson at a residence.

Police say Dedra Jackson had a confrontation with her 22-year-old daughter and her husband was shot when he tried to intervene. Nathaniel Jackson was dead at the scene.

Bond has been set at $75,000 for Dedra Jackson. Online jail records did not list an attorney for the woman, who was booked on Sunday.

HOUSTON (AP) — A 73-year-old Houston woman has been hailed for scaring off a suspected burglar by stabbing him with a barbecue fork.

Houston police spokesman Kese Smith said Monday that nobody has been arrested.

Margaret Jackson says she stopped by her daughter's house Friday afternoon when she saw a young man trying to break in through the back door.

Jackson, who was alone in the home, says she looked around the kitchen for some utensils to use as weapons. She grabbed a barbecue fork and scissors.

Jackson says she flung open the door and struggled with the youth. Jackson says she stabbed the suspect in the neck with the fork as he ran away. She wasn't injured.

Summary

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say a dispute over one dancer bumping another led to gunfire that left three men dead and three women wounded.

Police on Tuesday appealed to the public to provide information in the search for the gunman.

Police say the incident began early Sunday inside Club ICU then moved to the parking lot where a fight broke out.

Police spokesman John Cannon says the initial dispute was over one woman bumping the other while both were on the dance floor.

Police identified the three men who died as 38-year-old Gilbert Kibble, 22-year-old Curtis Stewart and 26-year-old Felipe Castillo. Names of the three women who were wounded haven't been released.

Cannon says police are trying to determine whether the two women who originally argued were among the three injured females.

Internal affairs officers are reviewing Tuesday afternoon's shooting. Police say the officer who fatally shot the suspect has been with the force since 1984.

Police say a 911 call from the woman, who had a restraining order against her husband, summoned officers.

Investigators say the suspect, who briefly ducked into a waiting taxi he apparently took to the building, refused to put down a pistol and threatened to harm his spouse. An officer shot the husband before the suspect could enter the woman's building.

Houston police believe the gunman, whose name was not immediately released, was also responsible for a shot fired into the building early Tuesday.