Updated at 7:45 p.m.: With details from Facebook Live video.

PONDER — A man shot his ex-wife, three children and her boyfriend at a home Wednesday morning in Ponder before turning the gun on himself, officials said.

Five people died in the shooting. The ex-wife, the only survivor, was taken to Medical City Denton in unknown condition.

The incident was reported about 8:30 a.m. as a burglary in progress, Denton County sheriff's Capt. Orlando Hinojosa said.

The Ponder Volunteer Fire Department told KXAS-TV (NBC5) that they were called to the home in the 600 block of Lone Star Park Lane to tend to someone with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. They later learned that several victims were inside the home.

Late Wednesday, the Tarrant County medical examiner's office, which handles Denton County cases, released identities for two of the dead: 39-year-old Justin Painter of Fort Worth and 29-year-old Seth Richardson of Lancaster, S.C.

'Worth fighting for'

Tarrant County records hold a marriage certificate dated March 14, 2012, for Justin Tyler Painter and Amanda Lee Simpson.

Under the “family” section of Justin Painter’s Facebook page are listed a daughter, Caydence Nicole Painter, and two sons, Drake Alexander Painter and Odin Tyler Painter.

A Facebook page thought to belong to Justin Painter had a public post from October 2017 that said he was in a “complicated relationship.”

In the comments he added: “She is worth fighting for.”

Wednesday afternoon, Amanda Lee Simpson posted a distraught Facebook Live video from a hospital bed describing her injuries and her version of events leading up to the tragedy. It ended with her displaying a photo of her three children.

"I’ve relived it over and over, and every time I close my eyes, I see my babies," she said, noting early in the video that she was under sedation. "I see them dead."

In the video, she expressed anger toward the judge who handled her divorce case, saying that her ex-husband had tried to commit suicide and that her warnings to the judge that she considered him mentally unstable had gone unheeded.

Tearful throughout the video, she said she hoped her children "knew that I loved them."

"You never think you'll lose a child, and I always watch the news," she said. "And I just stopped watching it because too many children get killed.

"I just don't know what to do."

Authorities were not openly discussing possible motives for the shooting. Nor had they disclosed the type of weapon or weapons used in the shootings.

Also on Facebook, a woman believed to be Simpson’s sister posted about the shooting.

“My heart is broken ... I lost my niece & 2 nephews this morning. Please pray for our family & my sisters recovery Ams Lucas,” read the post from Ashley Rae Sides, whose page parenthetically included the last name Simpson.

In an earlier post possibly referencing the Facebook Live video, Sides posted: “You are reading correctly. Amanda has posted but not all the details. Today God gained 3 angels. 3 babies .. Drake, Odin, & Caydence. Please pray for Amanda’s recovery. I will be flying out tomorrow.”

At the home, investigators held up white sheets to briefly block the view of the front door Wednesday afternoon while bodies were carried out and placed in waiting vehicles.

Two dogs were removed from the home and placed in a neighbor's care, said Hinojosa, the sheriff's captain.

Stunned neighbors

Neighbors were shocked by Wednesday’s violence, with some saying that Lone Star Park Lane is a generally peaceful, middle-class neighborhood.

"I’m surprised that it happened in this neighborhood," said neighbor Diana Booker told NBC5. "Especially on this street. This street is usually the quiet street."

Resident Bruce Dotterer told the Denton Record-Chronicle: "We've lived in Ponder now 38 years, been [in our house] for 16 years, and we've never had anything like this. Not around our neighborhood."

Mary Jean Dennis told the Denton Record-Chronicle that she had seen a man and three children between 3 and 6 years old walk toward the house about eight minutes before police were called.

"I walked past all three of the kids, and they said 'Good morning' and just looked at me," Dennis said. "Had I known a man was going to go in there and do that, I would have stopped. And I'm thinking, 'Why did I not know? Why didn't I sense that something was going to happen?'"

Natalie Carr said she had left for work Wednesday morning before the shooting and had heard about it later from a neighbor.

"It's too close to home," said Carr, who lives across the street and has four kids. "It's very heart-wrenching."

She did not know the people in the house but thought they had been living there six to eight months. In that period, she said, she had seen a woman and possibly some men there only a few times.

1 / 2A crime scene photographer takes a photo of a vehicle in the driveway of the Ponder home where Wednesday's shooting occurred. (Rose Baca/Staff Photographer) 2 / 2Denton County Sheriff's officers investigate a crime scene at a home where five people were killed.(Rose Baca / Staff Photographer)

Denton County Central Appraisal District records list Lorrena and Walter Lucas as the owners of the house, but they could not be reached for comment. It was unknown if the people inside the house were renting it.

Ponder ISD officials said none of the district’s students were listed as living at home where the shootings occurred.

The Ponder Police Department is leading the investigation with the help of the Denton County Sheriff's Office, Hinojosa told the Record-Chronicle.

Staff writers Loyd Brumfield and Naheed Rajwani contributed to this report.