GRAPEVINE, Texas, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Seven people, including the suspected gunman, were found apparently shot to death Sunday in an apartment in Grapevine, Texas, city police said.
Investigating officers went to the apartment about 11 a.m. after receiving an emergency call from the home, The Dallas Morning News reported. Police said no one was on the line when the 911 operator answered the call, the newspaper said.
Police said the victims included four women and three men who were found in the living room and adjoining kitchen, and it appeared all the victims had been shot, with the shooter among them.
Grapevine police Sgt. Robert Eberling said the victims had not been identified.
A Christmas tree and unwrapped presents were found in the residence, one of 220 apartments in the Lincoln Vineyard Apartment Homes, Eberling said.
"It's a very tragic situation. It could have been a family gathering, given the time of the year," he said.
"We checked the surrounding apartments; we only found one occupied, and that person didn't hear anything.
"We believe that we have just one shooter that is responsible, and we believe he is among the deceased."
Two handguns were recovered in the apartment, he said.
The slayings were the first this year in Grapevine, a Dallas-Forth Worth suburb of about 46,000 people.
