Post by Admin on Aug 10, 2015 2:25:50 GMT
Six children, two adults found handcuffed, shot in head at Texas home following arrest of man who allegedly attacked police
BY NICOLE HENSLEY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Sunday, August 9, 2015, 4:57 AM Updated: Sunday, August 9, 2015, 6:10 PM
www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/children-adults-shot-dead-texas-home-report-article-1.2319619
A man with a history of domestic violence climbed through an open window of his former Houston, Texas, home and shot an entire family of eight people including six children in the head, authorities said.
Each of the victims was handcuffed before they died, Harris County Assistant District Attorney Celeste Byrom revealed at a Sunday court hearing for homicide suspect David Ray Conley.
"We do not — cannot — fully comprehend the motivation of an individual that would take the lives of so many innocent people. Especially the lives of the youngest," Harris County Chief Deputy Tim Cannon said Sunday.
The slain adults were identified as Valerie Jackson, 40, and her husband, Dwayne Jackson, 50. The children are Nathaniel Conley, 13, Honesty Jackson, 11, Dwayne Jackson Jr., 10, Caleb Jackson, 9, Trinity Jackson, 7, and the youngest being Jonah Jackson, 6.
Court records reveal a tumultuous past between Conley and Jackson that eventually ended with Jackson changing the locks on the family’s Houston home when Conley moved out.
Authorities believe Conley targeted the children’s mother over their snuffed relationship.
Conley surrendered to authorities late Saturday after exchanging a flurry of gunfire with deputies who discovered the mass-killing at the home in the 2200 block of Falling Oaks Road.
A deputy called for backup during a 9 p.m. welfare check after peering through a window only to see a child’s body on the floor.
Conley is being held at a Harris County jail on multiple capital murder charges — the latest arrest mark on his criminal arrest sheet dating back to 1988.
His record includes arrests on charges of car theft, driving while under the influence of alcohol, robbery threats, trespassing, cocaine possession and retaliation.
Among those records are a scattering of domestic assaults that began in 2000 when Conley threatened to kill his then-girlfriend and her child by wrapping an electrical cord around the baby’s neck. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
He bashed Jackson’s head into a refrigerator as she tried to wrestle a belt away from Conley, the Houston Chronicle reported citing court documents.
He intended to beat one of her children with it as punishment, authorities believe.
Saturday’s melee left neighbors frightened at the sound of gunshots and then the sight of armed law enforcement officials going door-to-door.
"Cops were walking around with their handguns out, telling people to remain in their houses. They were also telling them to evacuate. It was extremely scary," Alan Cartagena, 19, said.
With News Wire Services.
BY NICOLE HENSLEY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Sunday, August 9, 2015, 4:57 AM Updated: Sunday, August 9, 2015, 6:10 PM
www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/children-adults-shot-dead-texas-home-report-article-1.2319619
A man with a history of domestic violence climbed through an open window of his former Houston, Texas, home and shot an entire family of eight people including six children in the head, authorities said.
Each of the victims was handcuffed before they died, Harris County Assistant District Attorney Celeste Byrom revealed at a Sunday court hearing for homicide suspect David Ray Conley.
"We do not — cannot — fully comprehend the motivation of an individual that would take the lives of so many innocent people. Especially the lives of the youngest," Harris County Chief Deputy Tim Cannon said Sunday.
The slain adults were identified as Valerie Jackson, 40, and her husband, Dwayne Jackson, 50. The children are Nathaniel Conley, 13, Honesty Jackson, 11, Dwayne Jackson Jr., 10, Caleb Jackson, 9, Trinity Jackson, 7, and the youngest being Jonah Jackson, 6.
Court records reveal a tumultuous past between Conley and Jackson that eventually ended with Jackson changing the locks on the family’s Houston home when Conley moved out.
Authorities believe Conley targeted the children’s mother over their snuffed relationship.
Conley surrendered to authorities late Saturday after exchanging a flurry of gunfire with deputies who discovered the mass-killing at the home in the 2200 block of Falling Oaks Road.
A deputy called for backup during a 9 p.m. welfare check after peering through a window only to see a child’s body on the floor.
Conley is being held at a Harris County jail on multiple capital murder charges — the latest arrest mark on his criminal arrest sheet dating back to 1988.
His record includes arrests on charges of car theft, driving while under the influence of alcohol, robbery threats, trespassing, cocaine possession and retaliation.
Among those records are a scattering of domestic assaults that began in 2000 when Conley threatened to kill his then-girlfriend and her child by wrapping an electrical cord around the baby’s neck. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
He bashed Jackson’s head into a refrigerator as she tried to wrestle a belt away from Conley, the Houston Chronicle reported citing court documents.
He intended to beat one of her children with it as punishment, authorities believe.
Saturday’s melee left neighbors frightened at the sound of gunshots and then the sight of armed law enforcement officials going door-to-door.
"Cops were walking around with their handguns out, telling people to remain in their houses. They were also telling them to evacuate. It was extremely scary," Alan Cartagena, 19, said.
With News Wire Services.