Overview
- HPD officers, called for a welfare check in River Oaks on Monday, found two adults and two children fatally shot inside a home on the 2100 block of Kingston Street.
- Police said evidence indicates the male victim shot the 39-year-old woman and the children, ages 8 and 4, before killing himself, and local reports said the children were found in their beds.
- Reporting identifies the family as restaurateurs Matthew and Thy Mitchell and their two children, though the Harris County Institute for Forensic Sciences has not yet formally confirmed the names.
- Property records tie the home to Matthew and Thy Mitchell, owners of Traveler’s Table and Traveler’s Cart in Montrose, and both restaurants remained open Tuesday as staff and patrons grieved.
- A babysitter and a relative requested the welfare check after no contact since Sunday, and detectives said the investigation continues with no motive released and a request for tips to HPD Homicide at 713-308-3600.