In a series of tragic events that unraveled in the early hours of Friday in Henderson County, three people were left dead, and two others injured after a shooting spree. The suspect, 29-year-old Christopher Kyle Reid, later crashed a vehicle into a Buc-ee's store in North Texas and then turned the gun on himself, Fox San Antonio reports. Henderson County officials stated the shootings took place at around 2:30 a.m. in a mobile and trailer home community, and Reid was said to have fled the scene immediately after.
Details from Click2Houston indicate that the deceased include a man and a woman found at the scene and another woman who later succumbed to her injuries in a hospital. The two other male victims were transported to UT Health Hospital in Tyler for treatment. The suspect’s vehicle, a maroon 2003 Dodge Caravan, was named as the one that ended up crashing at the Buc-ee’s in Ennis at about 5 a.m., leading to an injury of a woman inside the store.
Neighbors in Mabank, the town where the original shootings took place, have expressed their fear and the inclination that the area's safety has been compromised. "Well, it does, it was already cemented a couple of months ago because it's unsafe here and so noisy here many nights," Stephen Files told Fox San Antonio regarding his decision to move. Another resident, Cheryl Noble, recounted to the same source how blood stained her front door and described the incident as "very unnerving."
Post-crash, the Ennis Police Department reported that Reid sustained a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. He was subsequently hospitalized in critical condition. Authorities have confirmed Reid as the driver of the Dodge Caravan which was responsible for injuring a visiting woman from Oklahoma, trapping her against a sales display. She was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, informed authorities to Click2Houston. The Texas Rangers, among multiple other agencies, are currently involved in investigating the murders, while the Ennis Police Department is examining the subsequent crash.
