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Police: 4 dead, 4 wounded in Dallas-area shootings

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[August 08, 2013]  DALLAS (AP) -- Four people have been killed and four wounded in a pair of Dallas-area shootings and the suspected gunman is in custody.

DeSoto police Cpl. Melissa Franks says charges are pending Thursday against Erbie Bowser. She has no details about the suspect who was caught in DeSoto, about 10 miles south of Dallas, or his relationship to the victims.

Franks says gunfire was reported Wednesday night at a Dallas home and during a related incident minutes later at a residence in DeSoto.

Dallas police say two victims at the first crime scene died and two survived. Conditions on the survivors weren't available.

Franks says two people were then shot to death in DeSoto and two children survived. Boys ages 11 and 13 were wounded. Franks had no details on their conditions.

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AP's earlier story is below.

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A series of shootings in the Dallas area killed at least four people and wounded others, but authorities said early Thursday that a suspect was in custody.

Police were first called to a home in southwest Dallas around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday where they found four gunshot victims, two of whom had died, Dallas police Sgt. Warren Mitchell told media outlets.

The suspect in that shooting fled to nearby DeSoto, where he was involved in another shooting, Mitchell said.

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At the second location, four other people were shot at a home, with two of them dying, DeSoto police Cpl. Melissa Franks said.

Franks said police took the suspect into custody without incident at the house where the second shooting happened.

Authorities said the suspect is a man but have not released any other information about him. Franks said police were also trying to determine what connection the suspect had to the victims. He was brought to a jail in DeSoto.

[Associated Press]

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