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Cops seek gunman in Houston shooting that killed 4
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In a quiet subdivision in suburban Houston, shaken neighbors held a vigil last week after a husband, his wife and their two young sons were found dead in their comfortable brick home, presumed victims of a murder-suicide, according to Houston Chronicle, a local newspaper.
But raw neighborhood emotions went from sadness to fear on Monday when the Harris County medical examiner ruled all four deaths homicides and said the family members all were shot at least once in the head, according to the report.
The report said no one apparently heard the gunshots. Their bodies lay in different rooms of the 3,500-square-foot home in the well-manicured Cypress neighborhood, maybe for days, before someone asked police to check on them Thursday because one of the adults had not reported to work.
While Harris County Sheriff's Office officials have said next to nothing about the case and have yet to name the victims, the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District has identified the children as 9-year-old Timothy Xie Sun and 7-year-old Titus Xiao Sun. The two Sampson Elementary School students were last seen at school on January 23, a week before the bodies were found on Thursday. Schools were closed January 24 and 28 because of the weather, according to the report.
Public records show that the home and the two Toyotas in front of the residence were owned by Maoye Sun, 50, and his wife, Mei Xie, 49, the report said.
The couple married in Harris County in 2000. A year later, they bought the house, valued at US$270,000. They spoke Mandarin Chinese at home, records show. Neighbors said the two boys often were seen playing outside, according to the report.
The four family members were found about 7:30pm Thursday after deputies made a welfare check. One law enforcement source said investigators suspect foul play because several windows of the home had been broken, according to the report.
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