Overview
- Officers conducting a welfare check at a River Oaks home Monday evening found a 52-year-old man, a 39-year-old woman, an 8-year-old girl, and a 4-year-old boy with gunshot wounds, police said.
- Houston police said scene evidence indicates the male shot the three victims and then shot himself as the homicide division continues its investigation.
- The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences confirmed the adults as Matthew and Thy Mitchell, with formal identification of the children pending.
- The welfare check followed alerts from a babysitter and a relative who had not heard from the family since Sunday night, according to police.
- Property records tie the Kingston Street house to the couple, and their restaurants said they will remain open as industry groups offer support to staff and mourners.