Man Admitted to Fatal Game of Russian Roulette

LONGVIEW — Investigators said a game of Russian Roulette proved fatal for one East Texas woman. According to the Longview News-Journal, Barbara Hudson, 39, died November 17 after being shot in the back at her home in the 1100 block of N. Third Street in Longview. Byron Houston, 30, told officers he leveled his revolver, loaded with only one bullet, at Hudson’s back, spun the cylinder and pulled the trigger, according to the criminal complaint filed by investigators for his arrest. He said it wasn’t the first time he’d played the deadly game and did it because it “made her mad.” Houston was charged with manslaughter in what the Longview Police Department ruled an accidental shooting.

Houston had 17 prior arrests before the fatal shooting. He has been convicted of multiple felonies, most recently serving 18 months for a 2010 convicted of burglary of a building and evading arrest with a prior conviction, according to Gregg County judicial records. Houston was held in the Gregg County Jail on a $50,000 bond.