2 dead, one injured in shooting at Alief home

Relatives grieve outside the home where the victims were found on Monday. (Mike Glenn/Chronicle) Relatives grieve outside the home where the victims were found on Monday. (Mike Glenn/Chronicle) Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close 2 dead, one injured in shooting at Alief home 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A boy, 10, and woman, 29, were found shot to death Monday inside an Alief home. The boy's father remains in critical condition at an area hospital with a gunshot wound.

The triple shooting happened at the home in the 6600 block of Westwick. The possible suspects were still at large late Monday, Houston police said.

They were found when the wounded man's other son, 14, returned home from school, police said.

The younger boy and the woman were found in an upstairs bedroom, dead from gunshot wounds to the head. The boy's father was found on a couch upstairs. He had severe bleeding, also from a gunshot to the head, but survived the initial confrontation, police said.

There were no signs of forced entry or a struggle inside the home, police said.

"There are no weapons upstairs. The suspects fled with the weapons," said Lt. John Zitzmann, of the Houston Police Department.

Police were continuing to search the home and questioning neighbors and relatives but said they had little to go on. They are also considering the possibility that the it may have been a case of murder-suicide, after discovering a revolver late Monday close to the wounded man.

Police have not released the identities of the victims but said the dead woman is the girlfriend of the wounded man. She lives outside the Houston area but often comes over to visit, police said.