Texas man confesses to shooting and killing his three young children and wounding their mother with gunshot to the head

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A 27-year-old Texas man is in custody after police said he made a disturbing 911 call admitting that he viciously shot a woman and his three kids, killing the children ABC 13 reports. The woman was shot in the head and survived.

On Thursday, Junaid Hashim Mehmood, 27, reportedly made the emergency call and later turned himself in for allegedly committing a gruesome triple homicide in Texas city that claimed the lives of his three young children… The woman, Kimaria Nelson, reportedly shares the children with Mehmood.

According to the statement, the children were pronounced dead at the scene. Nelson was rushed to a local hospital. According to  The Houston Chronicle, Nelson is in stable condition.

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