“A woman who told police her boyfriend shot her multiple times didn’t get a chance to give detectives an official statement before she died, putting her case in limbo as police try to determine whether those shots were fired in self-defense. Gloria Charles Ruth Alexander, 56, died Monday from injuries she received during an early-morning confrontation with her boyfriend on June 28. … When police arrived to the couple’s home, 3315 Ave. M 1/2, they saw Jones carrying an 8- to 10-inch knife by the blade that he claimed Alexander threatened to kill him with, police reports say. Alexander was shot at least four times with a rifle, said John Florence, a spokesman for the Galveston County Medical Examiner. Jones told police he was trying to sleep when Alexander came in their bedroom with a knife and told him she would kill him, reports say. Police reported that Jones said he got his rifle from the bedroom and shot her three times. Afterward, Jones gave the rifle to a neighbor and asked him to call police, Galveston police Lt. D.J. Alvarez said.” (07/15/08)