Two boys in Texas are left orphaned when their father killed his mother and then shot himself.
According to ABC 13, on Wednesday, the 16-years-old boy heard some gunshots in Harris County, says the police. When he walked down he saw his parents dead with gunshot wounds. He dialed 911 while he waited outside.
Upon the arrival of emergency responders his parents were pronounced dead at the scene though their identity is not yet revealed.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez hinted that the husband may have shot his wife before pointing the gun on himself. He said, “Everything so far from the initial investigation that we’ve made so far is consistent with an apparent murder-suicide.”
The deceased husband before dying sent a message to his eldest son telling him to take care of his younger brother.
Gonzalez further added, “The father may have sent a message prior to the shooting to the son, basically advising him to take care of your brother. Something, just a general message like that. That’s when everything went down.”
The investigation is still ongoing while the Harris County Institute of Forensic Science is doing the autopsy.