Crime & Safety

Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Murder Suicide that Left 3 Dead, 2 injured

Man called deputies and said he'd killed his wife.

MANVEL, TX -- Investigators with the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that left three people dead and two others injured.

Deputies were called to the 200 block of Oak Shore Drive at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday after a man called and said he’d shot his wife to death.

When deputies arrived, the found a 28-year old man, a 30-year old man and a 50-year old woman all shot to death.

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Deputies said they also found a 36-year-old woman shot in the head and a 43-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to the stomach.

EMS took the 36-year-old woman was transported to Herman Memorial Hospital by Life Flight in critical condition, and the 43-year-old woman was taken to Ben Taub Hospital in critical condition, deputies said.

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Investigators have not released the names of any of the injured or dead, pending notification of family.

The shooting is under investigation.

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