BRIDGE CITY, Texas — Detectives with the Orange County Sheriff's Office released new information about a murder-suicide involving a man and two women in a Bridge City neighborhood Friday afternoon.
12News crew was on the scene. The shooting happened around 11 a.m. in the 900 block of Oak Vista Drive, which is not far from Bridge City Elementary School.
A source tells 12News, a man shot and killed his wife. The source also says the husband wounded a neighbor and then turned the gun on himself.
Orange County Sheriff's deputies said they found one woman dead from a gunshot wound and another woman suffering from a non-fatal gunshot wound to her leg.
At the time, deputies were told the man had barricaded himself in a house nearby.
The Orange County SWAT team surrounded the area before entering into the house. Once inside, officials found the man dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
No one else was on the scene or believed to be involved, according to Detective Joshua Lockett with the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
This investigation is ongoing.
“Unfortunately, it’s one of those situations where you don’t expect it, and it just shows you that even in a quiet neighborhood, things can go bad,” Lockett said.
A GoFundMe page has been set up in memory of the mother and her four children left behind, according to the website.
News release from the Orange County sheriff's Office...
On Friday, January 29, 2021 at approximately 10:58 A.M. the Orange County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call in reference to a shooting which occurred in the 9000 block of Oak Vista in Orange, Texas.
Once on scene, Deputies discovered a white female deceased and a white female with a non-fatal gunshot wound to her leg. Deputies were told a white male had barricaded himself inside an adjacent residence.
A perimeter was immediately established and the Orange County Swat Team was utilized to make entry into the residence.
A deceased white male was discovered inside with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No other individuals were located on scene or believed to be involved. The investigation is being conducted by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division.
No names of those involved or any other information is being released at this time.
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This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
