HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston police are searching for the gunman who they say shot and killed a woman he was dating in Sharpstown on Friday evening.

According to the Houston Police Department, officers responded to New Hope Housing, located in the 6000 block of Dale Carnegie Lane, at about 8 p.m. When they arrived, officers found the woman shot to death in her upper body, investigators said.

Authorities said the suspect fled after the shooting.