Denton County Murder-Suicide (U.S)
Channel: Q&A News
Date: 2018-05-16

On Wednesday, May 16, 2018, Five people were found dead inside a home in the 600 block of Lonestar Park Lane in Ponder, Denton County, Texas, United States of America.

The incident was reported about 8:30 a.m. as a burglary in progress, Denton County sheriff's Capt. Orlando Hinojosa said, a man shot his ex-wife, three children & her boyfriend at a home Wednesday morning in Ponder before turning the gun on himself, a total of five people died in the shooting, the ex-wife, the only survivor, was taken to Medical City Denton in unknown condition, officials said.

The Ponder Volunteer Fire Department said it got a call around 8:30 a.m. about a self-inflicted gunshot victim at a home, when firefighters got to the home they found six victims, five were deceased, the sixth person was taken to Medical City Denton by ground ambulance, the fire department said.

The Denton County Sheriff's Department is helping the Ponder Police Department investigate the case, they confirmed the male shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound & said there is no threat to the community, the sheriff's department would not specify any details on the ages & relationship of the victims or the motive for the shooting, nor had they disclosed the type of weapon or weapons used in the shootings, two dogs were removed from the home & placed in a neighbor's care, said Hinojosa, the sheriff's captain.

Late Wednesday, the Tarrant County medical examiner's office, which handles Denton County cases, released identities for two of the dead: 39-year-old Justin Painter of Fort Worth & 29-year-old Seth Richardson of Lancaster, S.C.

Tarrant County records hold a marriage certificate dated Wednesday, March 14, 2012, for Justin Tyler Painter & Amanda Lee Simpson.

A Facebook page thought to belong to Justin Painter had a public post from October 2017 that said he was in a “complicated relationship,” in the comments he added; “She is worth fighting for,” authorities had not identified the child victims or given their ages as of late Wednesday, under the “family” section of Justin Painter’s Facebook page are listed a daughter, Caydence Nicole Painter, & two sons, Drake Alexander Painter & Odin Tyler Painter.

On Wednesday afternoon, a woman who identified herself as the sole survivor of the onslaught, posted a distraught Facebook Live video from a hospital bed describing her injuries & her version of events leading up to the tragedy, it ended with her displaying a photo of her three children.

In the video, she expressed anger toward the judge who handled her divorce case, saying that her ex-husband had tried to commit suicide & that her warnings to the judge that she considered him mentally unstable had gone unheeded.

A local resident Bruce Dotterer said: "We've lived in Ponder now 38 years, been in our house for 16 years, & we've never had anything like this, not around our neighborhood."

Location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lone+Star+Park+Ln,+Ponder,+TX+76259,+USA/

Source: http://polkscan.com/five-found-dead-inside-texas-home-officials-say/
Source: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Police-Investigate-Incident-at-Denton-County-Home-482804161.html
Source: http://www.fox4news.com/news/multiple-people-found-dead-inside-denton-county-home
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