Man shoots dead his estranged wife after laying in wait for her to return from work amid bitter divorce battle
- A woman was found dead from a gunshot wound in her car inside a garage in Spring, Texas, Monday night
- Her husband was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a bedroom closet
- Police were summoned to the scene of murder-suicide by the couple's daughter
A man shot to death his estranged wife and then turned the gun on himself on Monday, in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide.
Officers with Harris County Precinct 4 were dispatched to a home in the 20000 block of Rene Cree Court in Spring after getting a call from a woman saying she had found her mother dead from a gunshot wound at around 6.00pm.
Responding officers arrived at the scene and found the victim inside her parked car in the garage.
Crime scene: A couple living in Spring, Texas, were found dead as a result of a murder-suicide on Monday evening amidst a divorce
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The fire department was also summoned to the address after it became apparent that someone had left the gas on inside the house.
Once the gas was shut off and the residence was deemed safe enough to enter, police found the female victim's husband dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a closet in the master bedroom.
Sgt Ben Beall, with the Precinct 4 Constable's Office, told Click 2 Houston he believes the man ambushed his wife when she returned home from work and shot her.
He also revealed the couple were in the middle of a divorce at the time of their deaths.
Law enforcement officials have not identified the couple as of Tuesday afternoon.
Police were summoned to the scene by the couple's daughter, who found her mother dead inside her her in the garage on Rene Creek Court
