5 members of Texas family, including infant, found shot dead

Officials says that five members of an East Texas family, including a 15-month-old child, have been found shot dead at the family’s home. The officers states that the dead bodies of two men were found inside the house and those of two women and the infant girl were found outside the residence.

The bodies of adults were identified as Ashley Delaney, her husband Randy Horn, and Delaney’s in-laws, Carlos and Lynda Delaney. The child’s identity wasn’t immediately released. Chief Deputy Byron Lyons said that a women was locked inside a bedroom closet and was found safe. She said to the officials that she awoke about 5:30 a.m, hearing some popping noises and called her son, who alerted authorities about 10:30 a.m.

Lyons says a firearm was recovered from the house about 120 kilometers northeast of Houston and that no suspects were being sought. But he declined to describe the shootings as homicides and a suicide.

Sunaya Paison
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