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6 Family Members Slain

Authorities said four children and two adults were shot to death Wednesday evening in a Houstonsuburb.

According to the Houston Chronicle, six family members were killed in an apparent domestic dispute and another relative, Ron Lee Haskell, was arrested after an hours-long standoff.

The deceased children - two boys and two girls - ranged in age from 4 to 13 and the two male and female adults shot were in their 30s. Click2Houston reported that two of the victims have been identified as Stephen Stay and Katy Stay.

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Earlier reports suggested that the children were Haskell’s. However, authorities now say that he was an estranged relative.

All of the victims were shot execution style. A 15-year-old girl also suffered a gunshot wound to the head, but the bullet only fractured her skull. She played dead until the gunman left.

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The sole survivor of the massacre was taken to an area hospital and alerted police to the suspect’s location.

A standoff with Haskell ensued in a neighborhood near the Spring home where the family had been shot. After three hours, he surrendered to authorities.

The 33-year-old has been charged with capital murder and is being held without bond.

(Spring is a suburb of Houston, a community of average income of 200,000....just last month the same thing happened in another Houston suburb, Cypress, average income 200-500 k)


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