North Texas man allegedly shoots son in face, kills son’s mother, exchanges gunfire with officers before killing himself, police say

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — A North Texas man is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he allegedly shot his son in the face and then killed the son’s mother during a standoff with police, officials said.

Officers first responded to reports of a family violence shooting at around 10 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 28, in a residence on the 1600 block of Avenue B in Grand Prairie, the Grand Prairie Police Department said in a press release.

Investigators later determined that a 62-year-old man allegedly shot his adult son in the face after the son attempted to intervene in an argument between the suspect and the victim’s mother, the release stated. Per officials, the son survived the shooting and ran to a neighbor’s house, where he called 911…

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