Police in the US have launched a full scale investigation after Five children and three adults have been found dead in their Texas home.
A spokesman for the Harris County police Department said the body’s where discovered after officers were called to a home in the Houston area on Saturday afternoon. The spokesman said officers arrived at the crime scene after they received information regarding a resident living at the address who was wanted in connection with an aggravated assault warrant. The spokesman further explained officers from the High Risk Operations Unit, spotted the body of a child through a window when they arrived at the scene, it is then believed Four officers forced their way inside the dwelling, where they came across the 49-year-old suspect who began shooting.
The spokesman said the stand-off lasted for about an hour when the man finally surrendered.