A dispute involving the alleged gunman and a “former domestic partner” is being cited as a possible motive in the shooting death of six kids and two adults in a Houston in Texas, US authorities said Sunday.
The identities of the victims were released in a press conference Sunday afternoon. They include, Valerie Jackson, her husband Dwayne Jackson, 50, Dwayne Jackson, Jr., 10, Nathaniel Jackson, 13, Honesty Jackson, 11, Caleb Jackson, 9, Trinity Jackson, 7, and Jonah Jackson, 6.
David Conley, 49, told Harris County Sheriff’s investigators that he broke into his former home and killed eight people, according to a Harris County prosecutor.
Investigators said Conley admitted to breaking into the home through an open window after the woman he formerly lived with, Valerie Jackson,40, changed the locks on the doors.
Conley told investigators that he restrained eight people inside with metal handcuffs, including Jackson and shot them in the back of the head.
Conley, who didn’t appear in court, has been charged with three counts of capital murder and had bond denied. He’s being held in the Harris County Jail.
