CONROE, Texas — A son accused of a double shooting at his family’s Conroe home is in custody after an overnight search, police said.
A release from the Conroe Police Department said 28-year-old Gabriel Alexander Garcia Cardona is in the county jail facing a murder charge and an aggravated assault charge.
It was shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday when police were called to a disturbance in the 1700 block of Crest Hill. They found a 53-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman who were shot inside a home.
The mother was pronounced dead at the scene.
The father was rushed to the hospital in critical condition where he later died.
The victims’ son told police it was his older brother who carried out the shooting.
The suspect had already fled the scene, but police located him after about five hours of searching, they said.
Police said they found him in a wooded area not far from the family’s home.
“The circumstances surrounding the incident are still being investigated and no further information will be released at this time. Our condolences go out to the family of the victims,” police stated in a press release.