DEVASTATED BY A MASS SHOOTING

AND AN EIGHTH VICTIM HAS DIED.

>> A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE AT A

GATHERING SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE

BEING KILL BY POLICE.

SEVEN VICTIMS WERE KILLED AT THE

HOME.

TWO OTHERS TAKEN TO THE

HOSPITAL, AND ONE HAS SINCE

DIED.

>> OUR ASHLEY BERRY IS LIVE

OUTSIDE THE HOME WITH THE LATEST

DETAILS, ASHLEY.

>> Reporter: THE HOME IS SECURED

BY THE POLICE BEHIND US HERE A

COUPLE MINUTES AGO.

THERE WAS A FRIEND, FAMILY

MEMBER WALKING UP WITH A BOUQUET

OF FLOWERS VISIBLY UPSET.

THIS AFTER NEIGHBORS SAY THEY

HEARD A RAPID SUCCESSION OF

GUNFIRE.

>> JUST OUT OF NOWHERE I HEARD

GUNFIRE, BUT IT WAS RAPID FIRE.

>> Reporter: SHAKEN WITH THE

TRAGIC EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN A

QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.

CRYSTAL DESCRIBED THE GUT

WRENCHING FEELING.

>> AFTER THE GUNFIRING, HEARING

THE SIRENS, HELICOPTERS CAME IN,

I KNEW SOMETHING BIG HAPPENED.

MY STOMACH SANK.

>> Reporter: EIGHT KILLED

INCLUDING MEREDITH HEIGHT.

HER PARENTS SHARED THIS

PHOTOGRAPH WITH NBC 5 SAID SHE

OWNED THE HOUSE ON SILVER CREEK

PARKWAY WITH HER HUSBAND AND THE

TWO WERE GOING THROUGH A

DIVORCE.

TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN THEIR

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

>> NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS

BEFORE.

>> Reporter: THE POLICE CHIEF

SAYS THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF

NOTIFYING FAMILY MEMBERS AND NOT

IDENTIFYING ANYONE INVOLVE.

HER PARENTS SAY SHE WAS HOSTING

A FOOTBALL WATCH PARTY.

A FRIEND OF THE HUSBAND SAW HIM

BEFORE THE SHOOTING, AND THAT HE

SEEM UPSET.

AT THIS POINT, POLICE HAVE NOT

RELEASED A MOTIVE.

ONLY TO COMMEND THE ACTS OF THE

SOLO OFFICER WHO ARRIVED AT THE

HOME.

>> HE APPROACHED THE REAR OF THE

RESIDENCE.

HE HEARD GUNSHOTS INSIDE THE

RESIDENCE.

OBSERVED SHOOTING VICTIMS DOWN

IN THE BARK YARD, QUICKLY, KNEW

WHAT WAS OCCURRING, ENGAGED THE

ARM SUSPECT SHOT AND KILLED THE

SUSPECT TO STOP THE SHOOTING.

>> Reporter: THAT MAN IS A HERO

AND MAY PEACE BE WITH HIM TO

WALK INTO SUCH A SITUATION.

>> Reporter: POLICE TELL US THERE WERE MULTIPLE WEAPONS

INVOLVED.

THEY ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF

INTERVIEWING WITNESSES.

REPORTING LIVE IN PLANO, NBC 5.

>> THANK YOU.

WE’LL WORK TO LEARN MORE

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASS

SHOOTING INCLUDING THE NAMES OF

ALL THE VICTIMS, BUT WERE ANY

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