HOUSTON -- A 33-year-old father of two shot and killed his 6-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter, then tried to kill himself Tuesday afternoon, Houston police told KPRC Local 2.Their car was found in the parking lot of the Inwood Gardens Apartments on Fairdale Lane near Fountain View Drive in southwest Houston.
More than an hour before the discovery, a mother called police and said her estranged husband called her claiming he picked up their two children at school and was going to kill them. She said he was upset the family was not together, but did not say where he was going.
"The belief is that he drove here after making the call to the, to his estranged wife," Houston police spokesman John Cannon said. "He drives to this location, parks his car and then shoots both children while still inside the car, then turns the gun on himself."
The father survived and was rushed to Ben Taub Hospital in critical condition.
Police said they found a .380 semiautomatic handgun in the car.
Police are working to confirm that the mother did have custody of the children.
The names of the children and of the father have not been released.
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