HOUSTON – Two women and a man were found dead, lying in a pool of blood, on Monday afternoon in what investigators are now calling a murder suicide.
Deputy constables with the Harris County Precinct 4 Constables’ Office responded to a home located in the 12200 block of Walters Road around 2:30 p.m. after a caller said three bodies were lying on the floor.
Investigators said the caller came to check on his coworker, who had not shown up for work, and arrived at the home to find three people on the floor covered in blood.
When deputy constables arrived, they confirmed two women and one man were dead inside, identified later as Jaquelin Arias Rivas, 30, her younger sister Saidia Machado, 19, and Rivas’ estranged ex-boyfriend, Sebastian Rodriguez, 40.
Officials said Rivas also has two young children who lived in the apartment but were in school during the shooting.
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Based on the evidence compiled and looking through security camera footage, officials have deemed the incident a murder-suicide, saying Rodriguez shot both the women before turning the gun on himself.