Grand Prairie police release new details; suspect and victim identified in deadly domestic violence shooting
Police released new details Tuesday in a domestic violence shooting in Grand Prairie, confirming a man fatally shot a woman before killing himself, while their adult son survived with injuries.
Police said that a forensics team determined the same handgun that the 62-year-old suspect, identified as Somsac D Thidavanh, used on himself is the same gun that was used to shoot a 44-year-old woman, identified as Soukadavanh Thidavanh.
Police said they exchanged gunfire with Somsac Thidavanh when they tried to enter the home early Monday.
Once they finally got inside, police said they found Soukadavanh Thidavahn in a bedroom. She had been shot twice and died at the scene.
Police also told CBS News Texas that she was not in the line of fire when they entered the home and that there are no stray bullets that would have struck her.
They also said they found Somsac Thidavanh in a bathroom with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
CBS News Texas is still trying to find out what the initial altercation was about that left another man, described as their adult son, with an injury after police said Somsac Thidavanh shot him in the face. Police haven't released that information, but confirm they have spoken to the son. They said they are giving him some time to recover, but plan to talk to him again soon.