6 Dead, Including 4 Children, in Houston Shooting

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By The Associated Press2014-07-10 02:39:16 UTC

SPRING, Texas — Six people are dead, including four children, after a gunman opened fire at a home in a normally quiet neighborhood in a northern Houston suburb.

A spokesperson for the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office said a woman was wounded. No information was immediately available on identities, or how the victims were related. The victims ranged in age from 5 to 40, according to local television station KHOU.

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A Harris County Sheriff's Office statement said precinct deputy constables were called to the house at around 6 p.m., local time, Wednesday, and found two adults and three children dead. Another child later died at a hospital.

The wounded woman was able to identify the gunman, and direct deputies to him. Those deputies cornered the suspect in a nearby cul-de-sac, a few miles from the shooting. The standoff is ongoing.

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Additional reporting by Mashable

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