A 44-year-old has been identified as the woman killed in a murder-suicide shooting in Grand Prairie that police said also left her husband dead and the couple’s son injured.
Soukdavanh Thidavanh, 44, was found dead inside a home in the 1600 block of Avenue B around 1:50 a.m. Monday as officers investigated a family violence call, according to the Dallas County medical examiner’s office and Grand Prairie police.
Police said they first arrived in the neighborhood around 10 p.m. Sunday after a man reported that his father shot him in the face after he intervened in a fight between his parents. The son fled to a neighbor’s home and called 911, police said.
Officers were unable to get in contact with the suspect once they arrived at the home.
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Knowing a woman was inside the home, police said officers forced open the front door and were met with gunfire from a rifle. As officers returned fire, police said the man fled further into the home.
The man, who has yet to be identified, was later found dead inside the home’s bathroom from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police.
Thidavanh was found in a bedroom shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene.
The son was transported to a hospital for treatment and is expected to survive, police said.
An officer suffered minor injuries after they were struck by ricochet gunfire, police said. The officer was taken to a hospital for treatment. No other officers were injured in the incident, police said.
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