McDowell shooting was a murder suicide



Authorities are calling a deadly mountain shooting a murder suicide and say the victims were two teenagers.  McDowell County Sheriff’s Department Captain Shanon Smith says it happened in McDowell County, about 100 yards down a trail off of Roberta Road Tuesday evening at approximately 5 p.m. The victims were both young men, 16-year-old Abraham Valdez a junior at McDowell High School, and 18-year-old Daniel de Jesus Umana-Escobar, a senior before dropping out last week. Investigators say when they arrived on the scene at approximately 5:30pm, they found a gun near Valdez, who’s now in critical condition at Mission Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. Authorities say no suicide note has been found but that, based on where the gun was found, the injuries and interviews with friends and family, it appears to have been a murder suicide. 

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Locations : Mcdowell County
People : Abraham ValdezDaniel de JesusJesus Umana-EscobarShanon Smith
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