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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)
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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 until a suspect surrendered on a nearby road. 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 yards, then after a few seconds he lay down on the ground and was
apprehended by armed police.apprehended by armed police.
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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. Another adult and child were transported by air to hospital, where the child died. The adult remained in critical the scene. Two children were transported by air to hospital, where one died. The other, a 15-year-old, was in critical
condition. condition late on Wednesday, authorities said.
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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 localDuring 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 sceneblocking 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.
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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.