Five children among 8 dead in home

Eight people, five of them children, were killed at a house in Houston, Texas, and a suspect in the shooting surrendered to police after an hour-long standoff, law enforcement officials said yesterday

Sheriff deputies went to the home on a welfare check at about 9pm on Saturday, Sullivan said. They called for backup after learning that there was a man inside the home wanted for aggravated assault, CBS News-affiliate KHOU TV reported.

When the deputies spotted the body of child through a window, they tried to force their way inside the home, KHOU said. The suspect shot at them and the deputies pulled back, KHOU reported.