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Seven People Found Dead in Dallas-Area Apartment [Amid Christmas Gifts And Wrapping Paper]
FoxNews ^ | December 25, 2011

Posted on 12/25/2011 6:44:33 PM PST by Steelfish

Seven People Found Dead in Dallas-Area Apartment Published December 25, 2011

GRAPEVINE, Texas – Seven people believed to be related had opened their Christmas gifts and started cleaning up the wrapping paper when they were shot to death in a suburban Texas apartment, police said Sunday.

Authorities said they believe the shooter is among the dead, but got a warrant before doing a full search on the small chance that it was otherwise.

Four women and three men, aged 18 to 60, were found in an adjoining kitchen and living room area when police entered the apartment around midday, said Police Sgt. Robert Eberling. Two handguns were found near the bodies in the apartment that was decorated for the holiday with a tree, he added.

"It appears they had just celebrated Christmas. They had opened their gifts," Eberling said.

The victims have not yet been identified, but Eberling said it appears they all died of gunshot wounds. He said authorities still don't know what sparked the incident.

Grapevine Police Lt. Todd Dearing said investigators believe that all the victims were related, but that some were only visiting and didn't live in the apartment. He said police are looking for other relatives to inform. "Seven people in one setting in Grapevine, that's never happened before. Ever," Dearing said.

He said police were performing a "meticulous" search of the apartment and he expects them to be on the scene for many hours. Police and firefighters first rushed to the Lincoln Vineyards complex after receiving an open-ended emergency services call at about 11:30 a.m., Eberling said.

"There was an open line. No one was saying anything," he explained. So police went into the apartment, located in a middle-class, suburban neighborhood of Grapevine, not far from the upscale Fort Worth neighborhood of Colleyville.

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What a heart-wrenching tragedy on a day of love and peace. The stress and glitter of it all blinds humans to the true meaning of this event.
1 posted on 12/25/2011 6:44:37 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Perhaps someone got a gag gift they didn’t appreciate very much?


2 posted on 12/25/2011 6:49:05 PM PST by NYTexan
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To: Steelfish

Divorced.
Or soon to be.
Ex-husband getting screwed by ex-wife.
Ex-husband sees no other way to resolve said situation.
Merry Freaking Christmas.


3 posted on 12/25/2011 6:49:33 PM PST by baltodog (R.I.P. Balto: 2001(?) - 2005)
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To: Steelfish

Amish?


4 posted on 12/25/2011 6:52:03 PM PST by IrishPennant (We don't want to work so we go to work to make enough money not to work...Huh?)
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To: Steelfish

A guy I knew from my hometown was killed in an accident last night. Drunk driving.


5 posted on 12/25/2011 6:52:08 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: Steelfish

Tyrant’s Gun-WalkerAG:
Like other ones, this family has no rights
as your King and I see it, in the absence of
a koran, or a documented terrorist, in their home."

6 posted on 12/25/2011 6:52:56 PM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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Police and firefighters first rushed to the Lincoln Vineyards complex after receiving an open-ended emergency services call at about 11:30 a.m., Eberling said.

“There was an open line. No one was saying anything,” he explained.

Weird...


7 posted on 12/25/2011 6:53:35 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Sounds like the perp may have made the call and just left the line open.


8 posted on 12/25/2011 6:55:29 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: baltodog

Merry WHAT Christmas???


9 posted on 12/25/2011 6:56:42 PM PST by Chong
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To: Steelfish

Perhaps there is a recent convert in the bunch?


10 posted on 12/25/2011 6:57:29 PM PST by null and void (Day 1068 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: mylife

Probably the last one standing, as it were, called 911 before expireing...


11 posted on 12/25/2011 6:57:37 PM PST by NYTexan
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To: cripplecreek

two hand guns found amongst the bodies.


12 posted on 12/25/2011 7:02:33 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Projecting, are we?
13 posted on 12/25/2011 7:03:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (FOREIGN AID: A transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries)
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To: Chong

Freaking.
I hate Christmas.
Hate the holidays.
Have for the last seveal years.
Ready to get back to work.


14 posted on 12/25/2011 7:03:58 PM PST by baltodog (R.I.P. Balto: 2001(?) - 2005)
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To: mylife
two hand guns found

By tomorrow, these will be AK-47s.

15 posted on 12/25/2011 7:04:51 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Nothing will change until after the war. It's coming.)
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To: NYTexan

1) divorce retribution or 2) drugs.

Lack of any ID in the press points to black or Latinos.


16 posted on 12/25/2011 7:04:55 PM PST by whitedog57
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To: ClearCase_guy

And Illegal aliens!


17 posted on 12/25/2011 7:05:43 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Steelfish

Grapevine is a decent place from what I’ve seen. That big Gaylord Conference Center (which is huge) is there and the downtown is nice. I stayed there for several days this summer.

Sad story.


18 posted on 12/25/2011 7:08:17 PM PST by prairiebreeze (Oh yes we NEED a little Christmas....right this very minute!)
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To: mylife

Yes, them too.

If it was NRA members, they would have kept the pistols and policed their frags.


19 posted on 12/25/2011 7:08:55 PM PST by whitedog57
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To: whitedog57
Passions run high at this time of the year. Perhaps more-so amongst the demographics you present.
20 posted on 12/25/2011 7:10:18 PM PST by NYTexan
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