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  • Texas Home Shooting Leaves 6 Dead

    Seven people were shot at a home in Spring, Texas, Wednesday evening, and six of the victims died from their wounds.

    A brief standoff between the suspect and authorities ensued after a car chase. Harris County police used two trucks to stop the suspect’s vehicle on a cul-de-sac near the site of the shooting at 711 Leaflet Lane in the Enchanted Oaks subdivision.

    The surviving victim, who had a gunshot wound to the head, told police that the suspect was a family member, and had left to go assault another family member who was at work at a nearby restaurant.

    Harris County Precinct 4 Assistant Chief Deputy Mark Herman revealed that three children were killed at the scene. Three adults and another child were medivaced via Life Flight to Memorial Hermann Hospital. One child passed away at the hospital, bringing the total fatalities to six. The ages of the deceased ranged from 5 to 40.

    So far, deputies called the shooting a “domestic dispute.” After a roughly 30 minute chase with the suspect, he remained sitting idle in his vehicle while surrounded by deputies with guns drawn and at least a dozen patrol cars. A large SWAT vehicle then rammed into the suspect’s car, crushing its front end. A second SWAT vehicle pulled directly behind the suspect’s vehicle and rammed into the back of it, wedging the suspect in.

    Here is an aerial view of the chase:

    Police said the suspect, who is in his mid-40s, had a handgun and was holding it to his head. They were speaking with the man via cell phone.

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  • Rep. Alan Grayson Accused Of Domestic Violence

    In yet another case of the personal life of a congressman making headlines for the wrong reasons, Representative Alan Grayson has been accused of injuring his wife in a domestic dispute. Grayson is a democratic congressman from Florida.

    Alan Grayson’s wife has accused him of shoving her and injuring her over the weekend, although the congressman has denied the allegations. Through his spokesperson, he has said that her accusation is an “outright lie,” and it seems as though she may just be trying to draw negative attention to her estranged husband.

    The alleged incident occurred less than 2 months after his wife, Lolita, filed for divorce. They had been married for 24 years, but his wife said that their marriage was “irretrievably broken.”

    The two of them are no longer living together, and she says that he came over unannounced wanting to talk to her, and resulted to using physical force shortly after.

    Lauren Doney, the spokesperson for Alan Grayson, said that “Witnesses reject Lolita Grayson’s story and that it was Ms. Grayson who physically attacked the Congressman as he attempted to visit with his children. He did not respond to Ms. Grayson’s violent assault.”

    However, according to his wife’s side of the story, she says that after she refused to speak to him, and gave him his mail, the Congressman “then deliberately and with force pushed [Lolita Grayson] very hard against the front door, causing [her] to fall to the ground as a result.” Along with her statement, she delivered photos that showed large bruises to her left leg and left shoulder.

    Lolita Grayson did admit that she had pushed her husband’s face in addition to kneeing him in the stomach, which she says was “in order to protect and defend herself.” Doney further mentioned that since filing for divorce, Grayson’s wife has become increasingly erratic, and has shown a disconnect from reality.

    Despite the accusations by his wife being denied, a judge has granted a temporary protective injunction against U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson. The Sheriff’s office document that was released revealed that Lolita Grayson was the victim in the incident, and the offense is listed as domestic-violence battery.

    Alan Grayson represents Florida’s 9th Congressional District, an area that covers much of eastern Orange County, Osceola County, and a sliver of Polk County. He was not arrested after the incident, and is not currently facing any criminal charges.

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  • South Carolina Shooting Victims in Domestic Dispute

    Police say that the six people found dead in a South Carolina home were all involved in a domestic dispute. The shooter, 27-year-old Bryan Sweatt, was one of the dead. He had taken his own life to end a rampage that shook the town of Greenwood.

    He was reportedly expected in court that day, but failed to appear. The others were a woman he had previously dated and had a child with, her parents and her other two children.

    They were identified by Greenwood County Sheriff Tony Davis, at a press conference Wednesday as Richard Allen Fields, 51, Melissa Maroney Fields, 49, Chandra Marie Fields, 26, Tariq Kenyon Robinson, 11, and William Asa Robinson, 9, according to Fox News.

    “I’ve been in law enforcement in Greenwood since 1975, and to my knowledge, this is the first that I responded to with this many deceased,” Davis said. He said that the shooter and his ex-girlfriend mired in a custody dispute over their infant child. He added that he believes Sweatt entered the home when no one was there, then waited on them to return.

    Officers first responded to a call from a man in Greenwood County who said he was thinking about hurting himself, Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office spokesman John Long said. While police were on their way, one of the man’s neighbors called 911. She told operators that two children from that house had arrived at her house and told her a shot had been fired.

    The SWAT team tried to contact people inside the home they had surrounded, but after about an hour of unsuccessful attempts, they busted in and discovered the six bodies.

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