Two women and one man were found dead in a Lake Highlands apartment complex last night after a SWAT standoff.
Dallas Police arrived to an active shooter call at around 4:30 p.m. at the 9821 Summerwood Circle. Upon arrival, someone fired at the officers and Dallas SWAT was called.
SWAT officers entered the residence around 7 p.m. and located two women deceased from gunshot wounds and one man dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
According to Dallas Police, the female victims have been identified as 26-year-old Marietta Julieze Matthews and her mother, 55-year-old Tamiko Geniece Merriwether. Matthews was in a relationship with the deceased male and lived in the apartment with the male who has been identified as 24-year-old Nathan Rashad James.
Dallas Police’s Special Investigations Unit will be conducting a follow-up investigation into this incident.