Homicide/Attempted Suicide
Posted/updated on: September 1, 2010 at 2:31 am
TYLER – Tyler police say one woman is dead after being shot, and another — suspected in the fatal shooting — is in critical condition at ETMC/Tyler with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police identify the slain woman as 70-year-old Socorro Nunez; the other woman is named as 47-year-old Alice Alvarez Aguilar. Police initially responded to a report of gunshots that came from inside the residence around 12:34 p.m. When officers arrived, they found Nunez’s body on the floor in Apartment #1. Officers searched the area for the suspect and located her unconscious in the adjacent apartment with the self-inflicted wound. Police say investigators are attempting to determine the motives behind the deadly shooting.