Woman shot in the head found in Duncanville apartment fire

Woman found murdered in Duncanville apartment fire

Duncanville police say they were called out to an apartment on a domestic disturbance call one day before a woman was found shot in the head inside that apartment.

DUNCANVILLE, Texas - Duncanville police say they were called out to an apartment on a domestic disturbance call one day before a woman was found shot in the head inside that apartment.

The victim was discovered on Monday after a fire in the apartment.

Fire crews were called to the apartment on Oriole Boulevard around 6 a.m. There, firefighters found a woman who had been shot in the head. She was pronounced dead by medics at the scene.

Family members identified the woman as 55-year-old Regina Phillips and said she lived at that apartment.

Phillips’ family says she spent 19 years working at CPS and recently started a new job with the state. She loved her family and her heels. They described her as the life of the party.

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Duncanville police say officers were called to that same apartment on Sunday for an argument. No one was arrested at the time because police say there was no crime.

During the investigation Monday morning, officers arrested a person of interest on unrelated charges.

Police have not released the name of the person or what the other charges are for. They have not said if that person was involved in Sunday's argument that led to a police response.

However, the family believes the man taken into custody was someone who Phillips was dating.

Police did say they believe the shooting was an isolated incident.