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According toABC News, the gunman shot seven people in the Houston suburb of Spring, Texas. Six people were reportedly killed, including four children, though Harris County police originally reported that five children had died.
The incident began Wednesday afternoon, when an alleged domestic dispute escalated into a violent episode that left three children and two adults dead at the scene by the time police arrived. A child and mother both survived the initial attack and were airlifted to a local hospital. The child has since passed away, while the mother is still battling for her life.
As reported by local news outlet KTRK, the mother was reportedly able to call police despite being shot, and informed them that the gunman was a family member. She also said the suspect would be on his way to shoot another family member who worked at a local restaurant.
Officers were able to track down the suspect as the neighborhood was evacuated, resulting in a slow-speed car chase that ended in a cul-de-sac with the man surrounded by numerous police vehicles. The suspect's car, a grey Honda sedan, was sandwiched between two law enforcement trucks to ensure he couldn't escape.
© UnknownThe shooters car is trapped by two military trucks, that now are part of the police armory. What would they have done without such trucks?
One neighbor, Wesley Carr, said the area is usually rather quiet, and not the kind of place where a situation like this would occur.
"I've lived here 20 years. It's a very quiet neighborhood. It's not a through area," he told the Houston Chronicle. "People just don't come here."
We have to ask with this type of military-police response.