Crime & Justice

Suspected Killer in Texas Church Parking Lot Shooting Dead After Police Standoff

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Alleged gunman was cornered after allegedly killing his estranged wife, wounding his young daughter.

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The man who allegedly killed his estranged wife and critically injured his daughter in a Texas church parking lot Thursday was killed after a standoff with police at a nearby hotel, police tell the Houston Chronicle. Harris County Sheriff’s Office Senior Deputy Thomas Gilliland said Friday that 62-year-old Arthur Edigin was found dead in his hotel room, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, after he had spent nearly six hours negotiating with a SWAT team. As the Chronicle previously reported, the shooting happened at around 7 p.m near the Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church in Cypress, Texas. At the time, there was reportedly a “choir rehearsal, adult Bible meeting and other group meetings” happening inside the church. In a statement, the church reportedly said everyone had been “accounted for” and was “safe.”

Read it at Houston Chronicle