Alrick ‘Shawn’ Barrett, 46 opened fire at a home in suburban area of Houston

A Texas man shot four family members including his eight-year-old niece, before turning the gun on himself, authorities have said.

Alrick “Shawn” Barrett, 46 opened fire at a home in suburban Houston just before 7am on Saturday, killing his estranged wife, her two siblings, and the young girl.

The incident occurred after Barrett returned his young child from a visit, Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan said at a news conference on Wednesday.

Mr Fagan said that after arriving at the home, Barrett told his estranged wife that he wanted to reunite, but she refused.

  • CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
    59·
    6 months ago

    Could have told you his whole story without even looking at the article. Unstable alpha male gets humbled when his woman leaves him for beating her, douchebag can’t take it and would rather kill her, his kids and everyone else before admitting he’s a bastard undeserving and unworthy of the love she gave him. Oh and living in a state/country where previous calls of domestic violence don’t get your guns taken away even though every fucking story where an ex-spouse gets killed there was ALWAYS domestic violence beforehand

  • heavy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    Yet another disgusting headline. I’m ready for the gun culture in America to make a change.

  • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world
    5·
    6 months ago

    Hey, my ex, convicted of domestic violence, never saw a day in jail, and bought a gun the minute he could get his record expunged, making sure to show it to the kids so they would pass it on to me.

    This from the guy who claimed to hate guns to the point he’d refuse to talk to anyone who owned them.

    I feel so bad for his poor wife.