Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Van Zandt County, TX: Man kills woman, then himself


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Written by Kmoo News
Wednesday, 26 August 2009 08:14

A Van Zandt County man shot his wife's grandmother and then turned the gun on himself.

Deputies say they received a 9-1-1 call around 3 p.m. Monday from a woman who said her husband had shot her grandmother. Deputes responded to an address near Wills Point on County Road 3818.

The woman told officers there was a three-year-old child in the home with her as well. However, before deputies could arrive, the man walked out on to the front porch of the home, put the gun to his head took his own life.

Once on the scene, authorities found 25-year-old Jason Godwin dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities say they also found 62-year-old Ethel Crouch dead, the apparent victim of two gun shots. Both bodies have been take to Dallas autopsies.

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