A Texas man shot two brothers to death after his girlfriend fled to a neighbor’s home to escape him, and then he took his own life, authorities told news outlets. The alleged double murder-suicide happened at about 11 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, on Houston’s northeast side, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said, KTRK reported.

Two brothers were shot and killed outside their Texas home while trying to protect their neighbor from her irate boyfriend, who turned the gun on himself afterward, police said. Edward and Luis Lopez-Robles were in their Houston home Friday night when their neighbor and her two teenage boys came running over following a domestic violence incident with her boyfriend,

Harris County Sheriff's Office said during the argument that the woman took her two children to the home next door where three brothers lived for safety reasons. Police said they did not know how well the men knew the woman but were told that the woman felt safe enough to go there for help.