Two women were shot dead in a Garland apartment complex Tuesday morning. A man is facing murder charges, police said.
According to a Garland police news release, officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at an apartment complex in the 700 block of Broadway Commons just after 8 a.m. Upon arrival, officers noticed the front door of the residence had been forced open, police said.
Officers looked around inside and discovered two small children. As police entered the apartment, a fire broke out behind a closed bedroom door. Officers took cover and began issuing orders, police said.
While officers tried to get the children to safety, Brodrick Earl Kennedy, 35, left the bedroom and turned himself in to police, authorities said. Inside the bedroom, police found two women with gunshot wounds.
One woman, identified by police as Donillie Lashay Kennedy, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other woman, identified as Shirley Jean Phillips, 58, was taken to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
According to police, Donillie Kennedy was the wife of Brodrick Kennedy, while Phillips was identified as Donillie Kennedy’s mother.
Garland police said the department is investigating the circumstances of the shooting. The two children have now been safely returned to their extended families.
Brodrick Kennedy was booked into the Garland Detention Center and faces charges of capital murder of multiple people and violating a restraining order, a prison official said. His bail had not been set as of Tuesday afternoon.
It was not immediately clear whether he had hired a lawyer.
