A person shot himself after killing his mother and father and capturing a regulation enforcement officer, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez mentioned.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A person is lifeless after he shot and killed his mom earlier than driving about an hour and a half to shoot and kill his father Saturday night time, in keeping with Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
The sheriff mentioned the incident began when the Texas Division of Public Security was in a standoff in Leon County with a person who had indicated he had killed his mother and father.
At round 9 p.m., DPS performed a welfare test at a house in Harris County and located a lady, believed to be the person’s mom, lifeless.
Throughout the standoff, Gonzalez mentioned the person opened fireplace on regulation enforcement, hitting an officer. He mentioned the regulation enforcement officer is predicted to outlive.
Based on Gonzalez, when regulation enforcement in the end entered the house, they discovered the person with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. One other man, believed to be the suspect’s father, was additionally discovered shot to dying. A canine was additionally discovered lifeless on the scene.
Gonzalez mentioned he believes the person shot and killed his mom earlier than going to shoot and kill his father.
“Very tragic state of affairs throughout. We will need to piece all of it collectively and see what might have transpired,” Gonzalez mentioned. “Condolences exit to another residing members of the family and to this group as effectively.”
Watch the replace Gonzalez gave on the scene:
