米テキサスで一家8人射殺、妻の元交際相手を逮捕
米テキサス（Texas）州ヒューストン（Houston）で、
銃を持って民家に立てこもり警察に発砲した男が逮捕され、この民家から住民の夫婦とその子ども6人の射殺体が見つかった。
男は殺害された妻の元交際相手で、その後、殺人罪で訴追された。捜査当局が9日、明らかにした。
同州ハリス（Harris）郡保安官事務所によると、
一家の親族から要請を受けた警察官らが8日、安否確認のために住宅を訪れて8人の遺体を発見した。
警官らは宅内の住人と連絡をとろうとして、窓越しに子ども1人の遺体を発見。
住宅内に突入したところ、発砲を受けたためいったん退避した。
容疑者の男は最終的に、警察の説得に応じて投降した。
警察によると、男はデービッド・コンリー（David Conley）容疑者（48）。
事件現場の住宅に住んでいたバレリー・ジャクソン（Valerie Jackson）さん（40）の元交際相手で、
2人は以前同居していた。
事件ではジャクソンさんとその夫、子どもたちが殺害された。
地元紙ヒューストン・クロニクル（Houston Chronicle）によると、
コンリー容疑者には複数のドメスティック・バイオレンス（DV）による逮捕記録があった。
逮捕歴は2000年までさかのぼり、ジャクソンさんに対しても脅迫したり暴力をふるったりしていたという。
（ＡＦＰ＝時事 2015年8月10日）
Texas Man David Conley Accused of Killing 2 Adults, 6 Children in Dispute With Ex
The man charged with killing six children and a couple at their home in a Houston suburb had a previous relationship with the woman he is accused of killing, and at least one of the murdered children was likely his own, authorities said Sunday.
Valerie Jackson, 40, her husband, Dwayne Jackson, 50, and six children ― Nathaniel, 13; Honesty, 11; Dwayne, Jr., 10; Caleb, 9; Trinity, 7; Jonah, 6 ― were found shot to death in three bedrooms of their Harris County home Saturday night, Harris County Chief Sheriff's Deputy Tim Cannon said. Some had been handcuffed, and some were shot multiple times, Cannon said.
David Conley, 48, was charged with multiple counts of capital murder. Officials originally said he was suspected of killing five children and three adults.
annon said that Conley was Valerie Jackson's former domestic partner and that the killings were "related to a dispute" between the two.
"It's obvious that he had some distaste for what was going on within his personal life and within his family life, and we believe that is was led to the tragedy," Cannon said.
Conley is thought to be the father of at least one, maybe two, of the murdered children, said the lead investigator on the case, Sgt. Craig Clopton. He said Valerie Jackson had recently changed the locks on the family's home.
Police said earlier that officers were called to the home to conduct a welfare check just after 9 p.m. Saturday. When they realized Conley had an outstanding warrant for his arrest and spotted the body of a child in the house, they tried to enter but were met with gunshots.
The hours-long stand-off resulted in Conley's arrest and the discovery of the eight bodies, Cannon said.
Conley didn't appear in court during a probable cause hearing Sunday afternoon and is being held without bond, according to Harris County jail records. Previous records show Conley has faced various misdemeanor and felony records dating to 1999.
Cannon said that regardless of Conley's history, Jackson hadn't taken out a restraining order against him and authorities had no way of anticipating the devastation he would allegedly cause.
"We do not, and will never be able to, fully comprehend the motivation of an individual that would take the lives of so many, especially kids," Cannon said. "When it comes down to law enforcement trying to predict what will happen, I wish we had that kind of intuition."
NEWS AUG 10 2015, 7:25 AM ET