PONDER, Texas – Five people were found fatally shot inside a Ponder home Wednesday morning. One person was also found injured from gunshot wounds.

According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, officials were called to the 600 block of Lonestar Park Lane around 8:30 am in the Denton County residence where the bodies were found. Officials were responding to a disturbance call.

Captain Orlando Hinojosa, spokesperson for the Denton County Sheriff’s Office, said that there was no active shooter and a suspect has not been confirmed as dead. No details about the victims have been confirmed.

The injured victim was transported to a local hospital. </s> PLANO, TEXAS - Eight people were fatally shot Sunday evening in a home in Plano, Texas, including the suspected gunman, who was killed by police.

Two other shooting victims were taken to the hospital for medical treatment, Plano police officer David Tilley told USA TODAY.

"We’re looking into a motive," he said. The relationship between the victims and the shooter was not yet known, and all involved are believed to be adults, he said.

The Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety was also on the scene of the investigation, said Tilley. The officer who shot the suspect was placed on administrative leave pending the investigation, which is protocol, he said.

The shooting happened shortly after 8 p.m. CT, Tilley said.

Crystal Sugg, who said she works nearby, told local reporters including WFAA-TV she saw a man and a woman arguing outside the home, which is in a suburb north of Dallas.

After the argument, the woman went back in, Sugg said, and the man followed with a gun drawn. Sugg then heard a multitude of shots from what she said sounded like an automatic weapon. </s> Authorities in Texas say that at least eight people are dead, including a gunman, after a shooting at a home in the city of Plano.

The shooting occurred on Sunday night during what has been reported as a party to watch a Dallas Cowboys football match in the neighbourhood of the city which lies less than 20 miles north-east of Dallas. 



According to one witness interviewed by a Fox News affiliate, a man arrived at the house and had an argument with a woman outside before drawing an automatic weapon and starting to shoot.

The witness, Crystal Sugg, said: “I seen a man argue with a woman. They were standing outside and they’re arguing. The woman was trying to go back in and as she was going back in the house you seen the man pull out his gun and starting just releasing.

“He just started letting them go. It was an automatic. You could hear it go off multiple times, you could hear it just ring off.”

Plano police spokesman David Tilley said police initially responded to a report of shots fired.



When the first officer arrived and went inside the home, the officer confronted the suspected shooter. Tilley said the officer opened fire, killing the suspect.

Two others were injured in the shooting. Their conditions have not been released. 



The victims and suspect have not yet been identified and any relationship between the suspect and victims is unknown. All of those killed and injured are believed to be adults. </s> At least eight people are dead, including the suspect, after a shooting at a home in Plano, Texas, authorities in North Texas said Sunday night.

The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. in the city less than 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) northeast of Dallas.

Plano police spokesman David Tilley said police initially responded to a report of shots fired. When the first officer arrived and went inside the home, the officer confronted the suspected shooter.

The officer opened fire, Tilley said, killing the suspect. Two others were injured in the shooting. Their conditions were not released. </s> At least seven people have been killed in a shooting at a home in Plano, Texas, police have said.

The shooting, in which the suspect was also killed, happened around 8pm in the city just northeast of Dallas.

Plano police spokesman David Tilley said police initially responded to a report of shots fired.

When the first officer arrived and went inside the home, the officer confronted and shot the suspected gunman. </s> One person has been shot dead after an "active shooter" opened fire at a school in Texas, police said.

Police in Texas said the shooter entered Alpine High School on Thursday morning.

According to Brewster County Attorney Steve Houston, one person died after a shooting in the school's band hall,

It was reported there may be two suspects and that at least one person has been taken to hospital.

Surrounding schools have also been placed on lockdown following the incident.

According to its website, Alpine High School has around 1,000 students and is about 30 miles east of Marfa.

This page is being updated </s> A North Texas mother is hospitalized after her ex-husband came to her home early Wednesday and opened fire, injuring her and killing their three children and her boyfriend before turning the gun on himself, sheriff's deputies say. (Published Thursday, May 17, 2018)

A North Texas mother is hospitalized after her ex-husband came to her home early Wednesday and opened fire, injuring her and killing their three children and her boyfriend before turning the gun on himself, sheriff's deputies say.

The identities of the children were confirmed by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office Thursday as Drake Painter, 4, Caydence Painter, 6 and Odin Painter, 8.

The mother who survived the shooting is identified as Amanda Simpson.

Wednesday night, she posted a public Facebook video showing her sobbing from her hospital bed as she held a photo of her three young children while talking about her troubled relationship with her ex-husband.

The Denton County Sheriff's Department identified her ex-husband as Justin Painter. Investigators believe he was the gunman.

In the Facebook video, Simpson said she spoke with Painter on Tuesday and that he wanted to reconcile, but she said no.

The Ponder Volunteer Fire Department said Wednesday morning they were called to a home in the 600 block of Lone Star Park Lane at about 8:30 a.m. Shortly before arrival, firefighters were told there were multiple victims inside the home and that several ambulances had been requested.

Officials with the Denton County Sheriff's Department confirmed to NBC 5 later in the day that the five people found dead inside the home were three children, their mother's boyfriend, Seth Richardson, and their father, Justin Painter, the suspected shooter.

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A North Texas mother is hospitalized after he ex-husband arrived at her home early Wednesday and opened fire, injuring her and killing their three children and her boyfriend before turning the gun on himself, sheriff's deputies say. (Published Wednesday, May 16, 2018)

The mother of the children was also shot but survived the shooting. She was transported to Medical City Denton. In the Facebook video she posted, Simpson said she'd been shot in the shoulder, that the bullet lodged there, and that she may have to have surgery.

Wednesday evening, neighbors held a vigil, gathering at a gazebo near the family's home. They left stuffed animals, crosses and prayers for Simpson and her family.

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"All of us are letting her know that we're praying for her and I cannot imagine losing three children," said neighbor Katie Garcia.

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Five people are dead and a sixth has been hospitalized after a shooting inside a Denton County home, police say. Raw video from Texas Sky Ranger. (Published Wednesday, May 16, 2018)

Residents told NBC 5 that Lone Star Park Lane is a generally a quiet, middle-class neighborhood and that they were surprised to learn of the violence.

"It’s a family-friendly environment to live in and it’s sad that it happened here," said resident Mark Skaggs. "But this happens all over the place."

The Denton County Sheriffs Office is assisting Ponder police in the investigation. Further details about the investigation or what may have taken place inside the home have not been confirmed.

NBC 5's Seth Voorhees, Maria Guerrero and Alice Barr contributed to this report. </s> BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi – (FOX NEWS) Authorities in Mississippi say a suspect is in custody after eight people were killed in a shooting, including a sheriff’s deputy.

Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain said the shootings occurred at three separate homes Saturday night in rural Lincoln County.

Strain says charges have not yet been filed against the suspect and that it would be “premature” to discuss a motive.

It was not clear whether the suspect knew his victims before allegedly killing them. </s> Two sheriff’s deputies were shot and killed Thursday in a restaurant in Trenton, Florida, in what appeared to be an ambush, officials said.

The shooting occured at 3 p.m. at the Ace China restaurant when a man walked passed a window and shot both through the glass, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement made on behalf of the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office.

“As fellow deputies responded to the scene, they found the shooter deceased outside the business,” the statement read.

The deceased deputies were identified as Sgt. Noel Ramirez, 30, and Deputy Sheriff Taylor Lindsey, 25. The gunman was John Hubert Highnote, 59. – READ MORE
Five people are shot dead and another is injured in a shooting at a house in Ponder, Denton County, Texas. The Denton County Sheriff's Office believe the shooter is among the dead.