Lake Jackson man kills woman, self, injures 16 y/o
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:51 am
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I probably wouldn't have even posted this but it took place on a street right be an Elementary school and only about two blocks from my moms house. Called her this morning and she said she heard it all last night, sounded like two "shotgun blast" about 10 seconds apart, then 30 seconds later the sound of a pistol being fired and then the sound of police sirens after that. Scary world out there sometimes and I pray for those kids out there that lost their mom last night.By Katlynn Lanham
The Facts
Published April 22, 2010
LAKE JACKSON — Two people are dead after a man apparently shot a Lake Jackson woman before driving away from the scene and shooting himself while police pursued him on Highway 288, Police Chief Paul Hromadka said.
Another person was wounded during the shooting Wednesday night in the 100 block of Post Oak Street. That person, who a neighbor said is the 16-year-old daughter of the woman killed at the house, was taken to a Houston hospital by medical helicopter.
Police declined to release the names of the two dead late Wednesday, saying relatives had not yet been notified.
Neighbors called officers to the home at 8:15 p.m., and police found the suspected shooter just two blocks away, Hromadka said. They pursued him to Highway 288, also called Highway 332, but the chase never reached high speeds, Hromadka said.
When the car got close to leaving Lake Jackson city limits, the man apparently shot himself, then careened into a car parked on the side of the road, Lake Jackson Police Detective Paul Kibodeaux said.
The car apparently had pulled over when the driver saw emergency vehicles from the chase approaching, Lt. Keith Traylor said.
An adult and two children from the stopped car were taken to Angleton Danbury Medical Center as a precaution, Kibodeaux said.
The suspected gunman was found dead from a gunshot in his car just minutes after the first shots on Post Oak Street were reported, Kibodeaux said.
John Goodson, who lives in the house next door to where the shooting took place, said he initially heard one shot, then seven more fired rapidly. That was followed by two of the woman’s other daughters, 12 and 2 years old, pounding on his door seeking refuge, he said.
The girls later told him their mother had received multiple phone calls from the suspected shooter throughout the day.
Child Protective Services representatives were on their way Wednesday night to make arrangements for the younger children, Goodson said.
The home is situated in a quiet neighborhood across from the O.M. Roberts Elementary playground. Crime tape surrounded the yard late Wednesday.