Neighbors reported hearing gunshots, woman screaming before murder-suicide in San Leon, deputies say

SAN LEON, Texas (KTRK) -- Authorities in San Leon are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that left a man and woman dead.

The Galveston County Sheriff's Office said they received calls about gunshots at a mobile home in the 2400 block of Avenue D near 24th Street just before 5 p.m. on Sunday.

While deputies were en route, they received several more calls about a woman screaming at the residence. One caller said there had been an earlier disturbance between a man and a woman outside, Major Ray Nolen said.

When deputies arrived, they said they didn't hear any gunshots or screaming and didn't see any movement around the mobile home.

Officials set up a perimeter and spent two hours trying to get a response from inside the mobile home. Other trailers nearby were evacuated as a safety precaution, deputies said.

A drone was eventually sent inside the home -- where a man and a woman were found dead, Nolen said.

Investigators didn't provide any additional details about what led up to the deadly shooting.

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