Just days after moving into a new house, a Texas man shot his wife before turning the gun on himself, police said.
Officials arrived on the scene and found her with a gunshot wound to the chest. Her husband was found dead after shooting himself, they said.
Butler, a mother of two, was rushed to Conroe Regional Hospital. She was listed in critical condition.
“She will be in there at least a week,” Courtney Lee Stiles told the Houston Chronicle. “She is still in a lot of pain.”
She told investigators that the couple started fighting in the car on the way home from his high school reunion.
The fight got worse and Jason Butler grabbed a gun.
Neighbors told KHOU that the couple moved in just two weeks ago.
According to the Chronicle, Jason was found dead outside, and the Montgomery County Forensics Center will conduct an autopsy.
Their two children, ages 2 and 6, were with his sister when the shooting took place. They didn’t witness the shootings.
Their friends expressed worry and grief.
“We are in shock but leaning on God for peace and understanding,” Stiles wrote on Facebook. “Please keep her and her family in your prayers.”
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