One woman is dead as Amarillo Police investigate early morning shooting

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Amarillo Police are investigating an early morning shooting that left one woman dead in the San Jacinto neighborhood.

Officers were dispatched around 2:55 a.m. to a home near SW 8th Ave. and S. Maryland Street on a reported shooting.

At the scene, officers found multiple spent cartridge casings in the street and in the yard of two homes.

Inside a residence, officers located 40-year-old Moneke Denice Glass with gunshot wounds.

Officers began life-saving measures until Amarillo Medical Services arrived.

Glass was taken to a local hospital where she later died from her injuries.

Homicide detectives and Crime Scene Investigation Units responded to the scene.

Officials are asking anyone who was in the area between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. to check outdoor or doorbell cameras and submit any video to APD’s evidence submission portal.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Amarillo Crime Stoppers at 806-374-4400.

The investigation is ongoing.