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1 Woman Killed, 1 Wounded In Church Parking Lot Shooting

One woman has been killed and another has been wounded critically in a shooting in a Houston-area church parking lot.

The shooting happened about 7 p.m. Thursday outside Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church in Cypress, a Houston suburb. In a social media posting, the Harris County Sheriff's Office says a man approached a vehicle in which the women sat and fired repeatedly into it. A sheriff's spokesman said the dead woman is believed to be the suspect's 66-year-old estranged wife, the wounded woman is his daughter and the shooting was the outgrowth of a domestic dispute.

Sheriff's officials said via Twitter Friday that the 62-year-old suspect Arthur Edigin was "located in a hotel" and "SWAT and negotiators" were on the scene. Four hours later, the Harris County Sheriff's Office tweeted that when deputies entered the hotel room they found Edigin dead inside.

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