"GRAPEVINE, TX — The bodies of seven people police believe to be related were found apparently shot to death in a Dallas-area apartment on Christmas Day.
"The four women and three men were all found in an adjoining kitchen and living room area when police entered the Dallas-area apartment shortly after 11:30am.
"Police said two handguns were found inside the apartment and it is believed the shooter is among the dead.
"Grapevine Police Sergeant Robert Eberling said officers were responding to a 911 call in the 2500 block of Hall-Johnson Road when they discovered the bodies.
"`There was an open line. No one was saying anything,` he explained, so police entered the apartment.
"Officers [said] that it appeared one person shot and killed six people inside the apartment before committing suicide at the Lincoln Vineyards Apartment Homes, a 220-unit complex.
"According to [local news reports], the victims appear to be adults from three generations of the same family, ranging in age from late teens to sixties.
"Their names have not been released.
"Eberling said in a statement today: `It appears to be they're all related. It appears all the victims are deceased from gunshot wounds.
"`We are pretty confident that the shooter is among the deceased victims inside the apartment,` he added. `We are not actively looking for a shooter that we believe is at large.`
"It remains unclear whether the victims were celebrating Christmas when the shooting began.
"There had been no previous police calls to the apartment."
Source: Daily Mail (UK)...
UPDATE:
12/26/2011 — Gunman was dressed as Santa Claus...12/27/2011 — One victim had recently left her husband...
12/27/2011 — Pictures of victims & shooter...
12/28/2011 — In-depth account of killings...
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