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Suspect turns himself in after killing kids, including baby, at Texas City apartment
By Nicole Hensley and Nick Powell
Houston Chronicle
Three children, including a baby, were found shot to death at a Texas City apartment Thursday evening and the man believed responsible called police from Houston to turn himself in.
The children and a woman wounded in the shooting were found after a relative called police around 6:15 p.m. for a welfare check to the Pointe Ann Apartments in the 1200 block of 10th Street, authorities said.
The slain kids were identified as an infant girl, a toddler boy and a 5-year-old girl, according to a Texas City Police Department news release.
The woman was rushed to University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston with a gunshot wound to the head.
Texas City police spokesman Lt. Kenneth Brown said the mother is in stable condition at a hospital but is not yet able to speak to investigators. Her injuries were severe, he said.
Detectives identified 27-year-old Junaid Hashim Mehmood as a suspect in the deaths. He called police near El Dorado Boulevard and Gatebrook Drive to turn himself in, officials said.
Mehmood dialed authorities at 10:17 p.m. and identified himself as the wanted man in the news reports. He allegedly said he killed his children and tried to kill his wife, a police official said. He gave his address and said he was unarmed.
He has a rap sheet with multiple arrests in Galveston and Harris County since 2010, records show.
He was arrested for hitting a girlfriend in 2014 and served 20 days in jail for that offense. The conditions of his sentencing made it illegal for him to possession a firearm, according to court documents.
In 2015, Mehmood was arrested after shoving a family member and robbing him. He was sentenced that same year to serve three years after pleading guilty to a separate robbery charge.
Meanwhile, the investigation continued at the apartment complex, which neighbors the Texas City Police Department headquarters on 9th Ave. N. The building was roped off by authorities for several hours.
"It's a very intense scene over there. Everybody involved is either deceased or injured," Brown said.
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