Thread: Jose Avila (ILLEGAL) shot 4 young kids to death in Houston

Four young children dead after Houston-area shooting

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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Three young brothers, ages three to five, and their 2-year-old sister have died after a Wednesday shooting at a Houston-area home that left their mother critically wounded, Bay City police said on Thursday.

The suspected killer, the mother's husband, was dead after apparently shooting himself in the head, Bay City Police Department spokesman Andrew Lewis said.

The mother's condition was unknown, Lewis said. He had said earlier that she was taken to a hospital for surgery.

Police did not release the names of the mother or her children, boys ages 3, 4 and 5, and a 2-year-old girl. Lewis said the mother identified the shooter as Jose Avila, 24.

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. . . Neighbors said Avila and his wife had split up sometime in the past week.

It was not clear why the family reunited Wednesday, but Elizondo said that after the November 22 assault report, Gonzales told him she and Avila were afraid to get the police involved because of their immigration status.

"She was scared she didn’t have papers, that he didn’t have papers. They were both scared that they were going to get deported," Elizondo said. . .

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Texas woman shot with her 4 children had left husband before

December 2, 2011 | 9:35am

A Texas woman struggling to survive Friday after she and her children were shot by her husband had reportedly left the man before and complained of abuse.

On Wednesday, police say, Jose Avila, 24, shot his wife and four children, then himself. Avila died. Two of his sons, ages 3 and 5, died soon after at a Houston hospital. The two other children, a 2-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy, were placed on life support but died Thursday, according to the Bay City Tribune.

Their mother remained at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston on Friday. Police have not officially released the names of the victims, but co-workers and neighbors told the Associated Press that the woman's name is Laura Gonzalez.

A spokeswoman for the hospital said Friday that the woman remained in critical condition, according to the AP.

Co-workers said that Gonzalez had long struggled with domestic violence, adding that an assault reported just before Thanksgiving had prompted her to stay in a battered women’s shelter.

“I asked her how she was doing because I knew she was at the crisis center. She said she was trying to make something of her freedom and a better life for herself and her children,â€