Ex-boyfriend arrested and charged in shooting death of liquor store manager in southwest Houston on South Post Oak, HPD says

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities have arrested a man who allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend earlier this week at the southwest Houston liquor store she managed.

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Houston police said charges of murder and tampering/fabricating physical evidence have been filed against Michael Dewayne Wilkerson, 39. He is accused in the death of Darrell Lynn Tikisha King, 29.

Around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, HPD said King was found dead with gunshot wounds at the business along South Post Oak Road.

Friends and family members told ABC13 that King was a manager at Ralston Discount Liquor.

“She was a hard worker. She had goals,” King’s girlfriend Destiny Bradley said Tuesday, adding that King had recently broken up with her boyfriend and was unsure how he had taken the news.

“She didn’t want to be with him. She had someone else she was with, so she didn’t want to be with him. She just told him she didn’t want to be in a relationship with him,” Bradley said. .

Investigators later identified Wilkerson as the suspect, who they discovered previously dated King.

On Wednesday, officers arrested Wilkerson and booked him into the Harris County Jail.