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| Spring shooting: six killed in suburban Houston including four children | Spring shooting: six killed in suburban Houston including four children |
| (about 2 hours later) | |
| Four | Four |
| children and two adults have died after a shooting incident at a house | children and two adults have died after a shooting incident at a house |
| in the Houston suburb of Spring that was followed by a car chase and police stand-off that ended with a suspect surrendering on a nearby road. | |
| Live footage from ABC local news showed a man emerge from a car | Live footage from ABC local news showed a man emerge from a car |
| at about 10pm local time with his hands in the air. He walked for a few | at about 10pm local time with his hands in the air. He walked for a few |
| yards, then after a few seconds he lay down on the ground and was | |
| apprehended by armed police. | apprehended by armed police. |
| A | A |
| statement from the Harris county sheriff’s office in Texas said two adults and three children were found dead by police at | statement from the Harris county sheriff’s office in Texas said two adults and three children were found dead by police at |
| the scene. Two children were transported by air to hospital, where one died. The other, a 15-year-old, was in critical | |
| condition late on Wednesday, authorities said. | |
| The | The |
| shootings took place about 20 miles north of downtown Houston at a | shootings took place about 20 miles north of downtown Houston at a |
| four-bedroom home in a quiet, middle-class residential neighbourhood | four-bedroom home in a quiet, middle-class residential neighbourhood |
| near the town of Spring. | near the town of Spring. |
| During the standoff local | During the standoff local |
| news images taken from a helicopter showed numerous police cars | news images taken from a helicopter showed numerous police cars |
| blocking the closed end of a cul-de-sac a couple of miles from the scene | blocking the closed end of a cul-de-sac a couple of miles from the scene |
| of the shooting, where the driver of a silver car had been cornered. | of the shooting, where the driver of a silver car had been cornered. |
| The sheriff’s office said members of its Swat team and hostage specialists were sent to negotiate the surrender of an armed suspect. | The sheriff’s office said members of its Swat team and hostage specialists were sent to negotiate the surrender of an armed suspect. |
| Mark | Mark |
| Herman, a local police officer, told the Houston Chronicle that | Herman, a local police officer, told the Houston Chronicle that |
| authorities responding at around 6pm local time found the first victims and were told that a | authorities responding at around 6pm local time found the first victims and were told that a |
| domestic dispute had prompted the incident. | domestic dispute had prompted the incident. |
| The | |
| teenager identified the suspected shooter and told police he was | |
| heading to another location to find more relatives. Officers rushed there and intercepted him and a chase began. | |
| "It appears this stems from a domestic issue with | |
| a breakup in the family from what our witness has told us," Herman told reporters. | |
| Ron | |
| Hickman, the precinct constable, told reporters that the suspect had | |
| held a gun to his own head during the more than three-hour standoff. Another | |
| officer, Deputy Thomas Gilliland, said those killed were two boys aged four and 14, two girls aged seven and nine, a 39-year-old | |
| man and a 33-year-old woman. | |
| The gunman and his wife were | |
| estranged and she did not live in Texas, Gilland said. All of the children were | |
| theirs and two among the dead were adopted, he said. | |
| It | |
| is the second mass shooting in the Houston area since the early hours | |
| of last Saturday, when four people were hit when a shooter fired into a crowd during a party at the Houston Caribbean Festival. Two other people were injured | |
| in the ensuing panic. | |
| Information from the Associated Press was used in this report. |