07-10-2014, 10:41 AM
ANOTHER MAN KILLS HIS FAMILY, SURRENDERS AFTER SHOWDOWN -- HOUSTON, TEXAS
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Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Ron Hickman told reporters Thursday morning that the suspect has been identified as Ron Haskell, 33 (pictured above). Hickman said Haskell would be charged with multiple counts of capital murder.
Earlier, authorities had said the suspect was the younger victims' father and his estranged wife was out of town.
Among those killed were two boys, ages 4 and 14; two girls, ages 7 and 9; a 39-year-old man and 33-year-old woman, said Gilliland.
"It appears this stems from a domestic issue with a breakup in the family, from what our witness has told us," Assistant Chief Deputy Constable Mark Herman of the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office told reporters. He did not explain further.
Gilliland said the teenager was in "very critical condition" at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston late Wednesday night.
After the 15-year-old survivor told deputies that the gunman was headed to her grandparents' home, they were able to pass along the warning, he said. The suspected gunman then led authorities on a chase, with nearly two dozen deputy constables' patrol cars following him into a cul-de-sac shortly before 7 p.m. There, the suspect's boxed-in vehicle remained for hours. Finally, at about 10 p.m., after hours of waiting and negotiations, the man emerged from his car, raised his hands and sank to his knees as deputies placed him under arrest.
Gilliland described the man as "cool as a cucumber." He said that when he and other officers first approached, the man was "just sitting in his car looking out at us."
"This concluded the way we wanted it to," Gilliland said after the surrender.
Sources:
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/07/...oting.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rampage-in-s...es-6-dead/
Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Ron Hickman told reporters Thursday morning that the suspect has been identified as Ron Haskell, 33 (pictured above). Hickman said Haskell would be charged with multiple counts of capital murder.
Earlier, authorities had said the suspect was the younger victims' father and his estranged wife was out of town.
Among those killed were two boys, ages 4 and 14; two girls, ages 7 and 9; a 39-year-old man and 33-year-old woman, said Gilliland.
"It appears this stems from a domestic issue with a breakup in the family, from what our witness has told us," Assistant Chief Deputy Constable Mark Herman of the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office told reporters. He did not explain further.
Gilliland said the teenager was in "very critical condition" at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston late Wednesday night.
After the 15-year-old survivor told deputies that the gunman was headed to her grandparents' home, they were able to pass along the warning, he said. The suspected gunman then led authorities on a chase, with nearly two dozen deputy constables' patrol cars following him into a cul-de-sac shortly before 7 p.m. There, the suspect's boxed-in vehicle remained for hours. Finally, at about 10 p.m., after hours of waiting and negotiations, the man emerged from his car, raised his hands and sank to his knees as deputies placed him under arrest.
Gilliland described the man as "cool as a cucumber." He said that when he and other officers first approached, the man was "just sitting in his car looking out at us."
"This concluded the way we wanted it to," Gilliland said after the surrender.
Sources:
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/07/...oting.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rampage-in-s...es-6-dead/