The alleged suspect, Flor de Maria Pineda, 37, and her husband, Mauricio Morales, 39. (Facebook)
A Texas woman fatally shot her husband and two kids before turning the gun on herself at a ritzy beach hotel, according to police.
Authorities said they responded to a report early Monday morning of gunfire at the San Luis Resort in Galveston, news station KPRC reported.
Officers forced entry into an eighth-floor hotel room and found three people dead and one critically injured from gunshot wounds. The deceased were identified as the 39-year-old husband, Mauricio Morales, and two boys, ages 10 and 5, according to news station KHOU.
Police said that the fourth person, Flor de Maria Pineda, was transported to a hospital where she later died.
Investigators said it appeared the 37-year-old mother used a handgun to kill her husband and two sons in a murder-suicide.
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