Seven people believed to be related had opened their Christmas gifts and started cleaning up the wrapping paper when they were shot dead in a suburban Texas apartment, police said Sunday.Authorities say they believe the shooter is among the dead, but got a warrant before doing a full search on the small chance that it was otherwise.
Four women and three men, aged 18 to 60, were found in an adjoining kitchen and living room when police entered the apartment around midday, Police Sgt. Robert Eberling said on Sunday. Two handguns were found near the bodies in the apartment, which had been decorated with a Christmas tree, he added.
"It appears they had just celebrated Christmas. They had opened their gifts," Eberling said.
The victims have not yet been identified, but Eberling said all apparently died of gunshot wounds. He said authorities did not know what had sparked the incident.
Grapevine Police Lt. Todd Dearing said investigators believe that all the victims were related, but that some were visiting and did not live in the apartment. He said police were looking for other relatives for information.
"Seven people in one setting in Grapevine, that's never happened before. Ever," Dearing said.
He said police were doing a "meticulous" search of the apartment and he expected them to be on the scene for many hours.
Police and firefighters rushed to the Lincoln Vineyards complex after receiving an open-ended emergency services call about 11.30am, Eberling said.
"There was an open line. No one was saying anything," he explained.
Police found the bodies after entering the apartment, at the rear of a complex in a middle-class, suburban neighbourhood of Grapevine. Read More
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