CONROE, Texas (KTRK) — Two women were killed after authorities said a man crashed his truck and opened fire into a Conroe-area home on Monday.
According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the 300 block of Shoreview Drive near Cut and Shoot for a deadly shooting.
Sheriff Wesley Doolittle said the department received a 911 call at about 2 p.m. on Monday from an estranged wife who said her husband had crashed his vehicle into the home and was coming in.
Doolittle said the suspect, identified as 57-year-old Stanley Hardin, then entered the home and fired multiple gunshots, hitting and killing a 50-year-old woman and an 80-year-old woman, who officials believe to be Hardin’s wife and mother-in-law.
The suspect then fled the scene and went to his son’s home, then to his own home on Ivy Drive about 5 miles away, according to officials, who said that was where he surrendered to law enforcement.
Neighbors shared photos of the surrender and the law enforcement response, which included SWAT officers, because they were concerned about more violence.
Hardin will be charged with capital murder, according to Doolittle.
Neighbors said they had seen the wife as recently as last week. They have adult children, and he is a disabled veteran.
Doolittle said the husband and wife were recently estranged, which can often be a volatile and sometimes deadly time.
“When there is high emotion, people are ending relationships and such, I would tell folks to contact the Montgomery County Women’s shelter if they believe they are in danger,” Doolittle said.
The investigation is still ongoing.
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