Police mum on motive in shootings that left 5 people, including 13-year-old, dead in a Texas farming town

ROBSTOWN, Texas — A 13-year-old boy was among those killed in a string of shootings that left five people dead in Texas, police said.

Police in Robstown say Richard Starry, 60, shot and killed his father, Ernest Starry, 85, and stepmother, Thelma Montalvo, 60, at Retama Manor nursing home Friday night.

The bodies of the 13-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man were also found at a home Ernest Starry shared with Montalvo. Their names weren't released.

"Evidence leads us to believe that the two that were killed at that home were the first victims of this shooting," Robstown Police Chief Erasmo Flores said at a press conference Saturday.

Police say the crimes are related and that the shooter was among the dead. Authorities would not speculate on a motive for the shootings.

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Officers were called to the nursing home, where they found the bodies of Montalvo, Ernest Starry and Richard Starry.

A gun was found nearby.

Authorities later received a call that sent them to a home where they discovered the teen and the 40-year-old man dead inside.

Flores said his department is preparing a report on the shooting that will be given to Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez in the coming days.

Scores of law enforcement agencies converged on both locations, causing concern for many in this close-knit agriculture town of 11,000 residents just minutes from Corpus Christi.

Family and friends of nursing home residents waited Friday night in a nearby parking lot to hear the status of their loved ones.

Late Friday, the nursing home was temporarily locked down. Residents and family were asked to go to Seale Junior High while they waited for the lockdown to be lifted.

“You never think it’s going to happen to your family,” said Doris Salazar, whose mother stays at the nursing home. “You think they’re safe.”

The Texas Rangers are expected to assist in the investigation, city officials said in a news release.

Contributing: Mark Young of the Caller Times