Tulare County Sheriff's Office
Authorities say Hector Celaya, 31, was wounded in a shootout with detectives.
By NBC News staff
A man shot three people dead on a Central California Indian reservation and wounded three others, including two young girls, before being seriously wounded in a shootout with detectives after a car chase, authorities said.
The violence started Saturday night on the Tule River Indian Reservation in Porterville, Calif., the Tulare County Sheriff?s Office said.
Deputies responding to a 911 call found a man and a woman dead inside a trailer and a male juvenile suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The juvenile was transported to a hospital.
At a shed on the same property, deputies found the body of another man.
The person who called police said the suspect fled the scene in a green Jeep Cherokee.
Authorities identified the suspect as Hector Celaya, 31, and said he had taken his two daughters, ages 8 and 5.
A deputy spotted the suspect?s vehicle and tried to stop it but the driver kept going, the sheriff?s office said.
The suspect eventually stopped on the side of a road and a shootout ensued, authorities said. The suspect was shot and was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, the sheriff?s office said.
During the preliminary investigation, detectives said they determined that the suspect had also shot the two children. Authorities said one child had life-threatening injuries and the other had non-life-threatening injuries. No further details were released.
The sheriff?s office did not say what may have precipitated the shootings.
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