WOMAN, SUSPECT DEAD IN BURLESON CO. SHOOTINGS

  

The Burleson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide on Wednesday involving the death of a woman and the death of the suspected shooter.  

According to the sheriff’s office, dispatchers received a call just after noon that a family member had been shot in the Cade Lakes subdivision.  The suspected shooter was reported to have fled in a black Lincoln Navigator and was said to still have a firearm.

Minutes later, a deputy responding to the call located a vehicle matching the description.  Additional units arrived, but there was no response from the driver upon attempting to make contact. 

When deputies approached the vehicle, they found the driver with a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.  The subject was transported to the Burleson ER and was pronounced dead.

The family member shot sustained two gunshot wounds.  She was administered life-saving measures by EMS and taken to Burleson ER, where she also was pronounced deceased.

The sheriff’s office’s investigation is still ongoing.  No identities have been released.