(Reuters) - Five people were shot dead, including the suspected gunman, in a Friday night attack at a Texas nursing home and the home of one of the people slain, city officials said. Police in Robstown, Texas, outside Corpus Christi, responded to reports of an active shooter at a nursing home about 7 p.m. local time (midnight GMT), where they found two men and a woman dead, said Herman Rodriguez, city secretary, in a video interview with the Caller Times of Corpus Christi. Officers later found two more bodies at a home connected to one of the people slain at the nursing home, Rodriguez said. “We do feel the crimes are related,” Rodriguez said. Officials said the shooter was a male and that it was a murder-suicide. No further details were available.<doc-sep>Parent of shooting victim: Not one more Kids learn what to do if gunman comes to school By the numbers: Gun deaths in America TINLEY PARK, IL - OCTOBER 18: Pistols are offered for sale at Freddie Bear Sports on October 18, 2012 in Tinley Park, Illinois. Facing a $267.5 million fiscal 2013 budget gap, Cook County, which includes the City of Chicago and suburbs, has proposed a tax of 5 cents per bullet and $25 on each firearm sold at gun and sporting goods stores in the county. Fred Lutger, who has owned Freddie Bear Sports for 35 years, is concerned with the impact the tax will have on his store which is located about 2 miles inside the Cook County line. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Texas gunman kills 4 before killing himself, official says (CNN) — Five people are dead in what investigators believe could be a murder-suicide at a nursing center and a nearby home in southern Texas, an official said. Police in Robstown, outside Corpus Christi, said they were called to a shooting at the Retama Manor Nursing Center around 7 p.m. Friday. They found three people dead with gunshot wounds, including the suspected shooter, Robstown city secretary Herman Rodriguez said. In a press release, the Robstown Police Department identified the shooter as Richard Starry, 60. A handgun was found near Starry, the release said. Police also identified the two victims in the nursing home as Ernest Starry, 85, and his wife, Thelma Montalvo, the shooter’s father and stepmother. Police were then called to a shooting down the road, at the elder Starry and Montalvo’s home, where they found two other people dead with gunshot wounds. They were identified as the couple’s 13-year-old adopted son and Montalvo’s 41-year-old son. The shooter killed them before the couple, the release said. Evidence points to a murder-suicide, but the investigation is still “premature to determine a motive and we will not speculate,” the police statement said. “Our hearts go out to the victims’ families and the residents, visitors and employees at Retama Manor who experienced this tragedy,” Robstown Police Chief Erasmo Flores said in a news release. Robstown is a city of about 11,000 people roughly 120 miles southeast of San Antonio. CNN’s Ursula Perano, Amir Vera and AnneClaire Stapleton contributed to this report.<doc-sep>A 60-year-old man fatally shot his father and stepmother in a nursing home in Texas on Friday after killing two other people at the couple’s residence nearby, the authorities said. The gunman, Richard Starry, was found dead inside a room at the Retama Manor Nursing Center in Robstown, alongside his 85-year-old father and stepmother, Chief Erasmo Flores of the Robstown Police Department said at a news conference on Saturday. He identified the victims in the nursing home as Ernest Starry and his wife, Thelma Montalvo. The police responded to a call about an “active shooter” shortly before 7 p.m. at the nursing home. They found three bodies in a room, with a handgun near Richard Starry, Lt. Enrique Paredez said. “At this time the evidence points to a murder-suicide,” he said. “But the investigation is still premature to determine a motive.”<doc-sep>
A 60-year-old man fatally shot four relatives, including his elderly father and stepmother at a nursing home, in a Texas town on Friday before killing himself, police said Saturday. Police in Robstown, a city of around 11,000 people west of Corpus Christi, said officers responded to a call of an active shooter at Retama nursing home at around 6:48 p.m. Friday and found the suspected shooter's father, 85-year-old Ernest Starry, his wife Thelma Montalvo, and the suspected gunman dead. The suspected gunman was identified as Richard Starry, 60. After finding the three people dead at the nursing home, a family member prompted police to search the home of Ernest Starry and Montalvo, which is down the street. There officers found a 14-year-old adopted son and the 41-year-old son of Montalvo dead, and investigators believe they were also killed by Richard Starry, police said. "At this time the evidence points to a murder-suicide, but the investigation is still premature to determine a motive and we will not speculate," police said in a statement. Police said a handgun was found near Richard Starry's body. Robstown Police Chief Erasmo Flores said that police believe that the 14-year-old and the 41-year-old killed in the home were the first victims in the shootings. Police are continuing to investigate. "It's been a long night and into this morning. We’re doing the best we can with this horrible incident," Flores said. Flores thanked the nursing home staff for taking care of residents during the incident. “It was chaotic, and great thanks to them,” Flores said.