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Texas man kills self after fatally shooting four, including his 8-year-old niece


RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — A man fatally shot his estranged wife and three other relatives, including his 8-year-old niece, at a home in suburban Houston over the weekend before killing himself, authorities said Wednesday.

Alrick “Shawn” Barrett, 46, opened fire at the home just before 7 a.m. Saturday after returning his young child from a visit, Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan said at a news conference. Fagan said that after arriving at the home, Barrett told his estranged wife that he wanted to reunite, but she refused.


Deputies responded to the home after getting a call from a 13-year-old boy in the home, Fagan said. The sheriff’s office said the teen is Barrett’s nephew.

The sheriff’s office said that the 13-year-old and Barrett’s 7-year-old child hid during the shooting and were not harmed. The mother of Barrett’s estranged wife was also in the home and was unharmed.

In addition to killing his niece and estranged wife, who was 44, Barrett also killed her 43-year-old brother and 46-year-old sister, according to the sheriff’s office. Fagan said he was not immediately releasing the names of those killed.

Fagan said that some of the family members lived in the home and others were visiting.

He said that last January, authorities had responded to a disturbance call because of a verbal argument between Barrett and his estranged wife. Fagan said that they were still looking into Barrett’s background but so far hadn’t found any further interaction between their office and Barrett.

The sheriff’s office said that since it remains an ongoing investigation, details about the weapon Barrett used are not available at this time.
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The stars at night are big & bright...
I thought gun owners were law abiding...
 
What were the "more details" in your link? I only noted one and it was the pic of the shooter.

Maybe that was the "detail" he wanted to highlight...


What are the odds that he wouldn’t have posted the picture had the shooter been white?
 
Apparently this guy wasn't a criminal, until he was.
And apparently, since we can't determine precisely when they'll crime, we're not supposed to do anything about it.
 
OK, but be thankful that he gave himself the death penalty before deciding that others deserved to be killed by him.
Other than the four need already murdered, of course...
 
And apparently, since we can't determine precisely when they'll crime, we're not supposed to do anything about it.

We can't determine precisely if they'll "crime" at all. We can make a rough guess based on past behavior though, which is the idea behind criminal background checks.

I wholeheartedly advocate criminal background checks as a requirement for possessing guns or motor vehicles. I find I get very little support for that from the gun control zealots or the gun rights advocates.
 
And apparently, since we can't determine precisely when they'll crime, we're not supposed to do anything about it.

What, exactly, do you propose be done with (to?) those who haven’t committed a crime (yet)?
 

RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — A man fatally shot his estranged wife and three other relatives, including his 8-year-old niece, at a home in suburban Houston over the weekend before killing himself, authorities said Wednesday.

Alrick “Shawn” Barrett, 46, opened fire at the home just before 7 a.m. Saturday after returning his young child from a visit, Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan said at a news conference. Fagan said that after arriving at the home, Barrett told his estranged wife that he wanted to reunite, but she refused.


Deputies responded to the home after getting a call from a 13-year-old boy in the home, Fagan said. The sheriff’s office said the teen is Barrett’s nephew.

The sheriff’s office said that the 13-year-old and Barrett’s 7-year-old child hid during the shooting and were not harmed. The mother of Barrett’s estranged wife was also in the home and was unharmed.

In addition to killing his niece and estranged wife, who was 44, Barrett also killed her 43-year-old brother and 46-year-old sister, according to the sheriff’s office. Fagan said he was not immediately releasing the names of those killed.

Fagan said that some of the family members lived in the home and others were visiting.

He said that last January, authorities had responded to a disturbance call because of a verbal argument between Barrett and his estranged wife. Fagan said that they were still looking into Barrett’s background but so far hadn’t found any further interaction between their office and Barrett.

The sheriff’s office said that since it remains an ongoing investigation, details about the weapon Barrett used are not available at this time.
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The stars at night are big & bright...
Lemme guess; he had mental issues and nothing was done about it.

Sad.

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What, exactly, do you propose be done with (to?) those who haven’t committed a crime (yet)?
I'm more concerned for the victims than the perpetrators. Odd that you seem to wear your humanity backwards.
 
That requires a rational mind. Murder/suicides are a last act of irrationality.
And yet, they seem to happen on a regular basis, and following the same patterns, with the same methodologies. It's almost as if they are predictable...
 
More evasion from you.
Truth hurts, huh? Nothing to evade. We all - well, except you - know the answers. Odd you have so little concern for victims. It seems to be a pattern.
 
Truth hurts, huh? Nothing to evade. We all - well, except you - know the answers. Odd you have so little concern for victims. It seems to be a pattern.

I’ll try one last time. What is your suggested (or proposed) solution?
 
I’ll try one last time. What is your suggested (or proposed) solution?
You know them well. Don't be coy. Your trolling is becoming tedious.
 
And yet, they seem to happen on a regular basis, and following the same patterns, with the same methodologies. It's almost as if they are predictable...
Over 330M people with near-instant news and very little mental health care.
 
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