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Suspected Killer in Texas Church Parking Lot Shooting Dead After Police Standoff

Alleged gunman was cornered after allegedly killing his estranged wife, wounding his young daughter.

The man who allegedly killed his estranged wife and critically injured his daughter in a Texas church parking lot Thursday was killed after a standoff with police at a nearby hotel, police tell the Houston Chronicle. Harris County Sheriff’s Office Senior Deputy Thomas Gilliland said Friday that 62-year-old Arthur Edigin was found dead in his hotel room, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, after he had spent nearly six hours negotiating with a SWAT team. As the Chronicle previously reported, the shooting happened at around 7 p.m near the Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church in Cypress, Texas. At the time, there was reportedly a “choir rehearsal, adult Bible meeting and other group meetings” happening inside the church. In a statement, the church reportedly said everyone had been “accounted for” and was “safe.”