Overview
- The shooting, which was reported July 3, left a mother and her two young children dead inside the Residence Inn by Marriott in southwest Houston.
- Officials from the Houston Fire Department and Houston Police Department said the woman shot her two children and then herself, and the children are reported to be under age 10.
- Houston investigators secured the hotel on Kirby Drive near Old Spanish Trail and NRG Stadium and remained on scene to process the site and gather evidence.
- Authorities have not released the mother's name while they notify next of kin and continue forensic work, and local outlets characterize the incident as an apparent murder‑suicide.
- Reporting is preliminary and officials say more details will come as the active investigation proceeds, with on-site witnesses and public-safety checks part of the probe.