A 15-year-old Texas teenager shot dead his whole family, posted pictures of the bodies online and then killed himself after the police found him, officials said on Thursday.
The teen was identified as William Quince Colburn III, police officials in Aransas Pass and the San Patricio County sheriff’s office said. After killing his sister and parents, the teen posted graphic pictures of their dead bodies on social media and threatened to continue the violence at a school.
The police tracked the teen to a recreational vehicle park in Aransas County of South Texas on Wednesday night after they were alerted to the images on social media. They asked him to come outside of his motor home but he refused. They then heard a gunshot, the police said.
“Entry was made into the RV and immediately discovered the graphic scene shared over social media,” the Aransas Pass Police Department said in a statement. “The male juvenile was likewise found deceased from a gunshot wound. In total, investigators found 4 deceased bodies and 2 deceased dogs.”
Oscar Rivera, the San Patricio County sheriff, said the three people were also shot to death. The deceased were identified as the teen’s father William Colburn Jr, mother Jana Colburn and sister Emma Colburn, 13.
The police said they “might well have been working on an even more tragic event later this morning” if they had not been alerted by social media users to the teen’s threat.
Mahria Batts, who identified herself as the teen’s sister and the...
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