Tomball Shooting: Father Dead After Allegedly Shooting His Family

TOMBALL, TX — A man is dead and his wife and son are critically injured after the man shot his family, and then shot himself Thursday night. Police were called to a home in the 200 block of McPhail Street at about 10 p.m. after neighbors called Tomball Police to report gunshots.

Tomball Police surrounded the home, and after assessing the situation, approached the front of the home and found Trent Jacobson dead in the front yard from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Police went into the home and found his wife Kathy with a single gunshot wound, and their son Chris, who’d been shot multiple times.

Kathy Jacobson was taken EMS to a hospital in The Woodlands, where she underwent surgery and is expected to recover. Chris Jacobson was taken by Life Flight to Ben Taub Hospital in unknown condition, officials said.

Police said they were familiar with the couple and had been to the home numerous times in the past for domestic disputes.

James Jacobson, the couple’s youngest son, was not home at the time of the shooting. Jacobson said he learned about the shooting while checking his Facebook Page, KTRK reported.

James Jacobson said his father had been ill and had been depressed for some time. Jacobson said his parents fought often and he could see that something was going to happen, but didn’t expect anything like this, KPRC reported.

Police are still investigating.

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