5th person dead in Houston-area quadruple murder-suicide

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Houston Police investigates a murder suicide left three people dead on the 3800 block of Mount Pleasant Street Friday, April 7, 2017, in Houston.

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Family members exit the crime scene where Houston Police officers investigated a murder suicide that left three people dead on the 3800 block of Mount Pleasant Street Friday, April 7, 2017, in Houston.

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Dekitta Holmes was identified among the dead in a triple murder-suicide.

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Houston Police investigates a murder suicide left three people dead on the 3800 block of Mount Pleasant Street Friday, April 7, 2017, in Houston.

Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez, Houston Chronicle

A fifth person has died after Friday’s shocking quadruple murder-suicide that spanned three crimes scenes in two counties.

Laverne Holmes, who a family friend said was initially wounded and then hospitalized, died Monday, according to the medical examiner.

The shooting broke out sometime Friday morning, when 29-year-old Dekitta Holmes apparently went on a shooting spree, killing her sister, stepfather and another man, according to authorities.

Houston police discovered the slayings just after 7 a.m. when they responded to a request for a welfare check at a home on Mount Pleasant. There, they found the bodies of Dekitta Holmes and her stepfather. Her mother, Laverne, was wounded.

A few doors down, officers found another shooting victim. It’s not clear how he may have been related to the family.

Then, just before 10 a.m., Fort Bend County deputies found the body of Carolyn Jean Holmes, 48, in a Fresno home.

On Monday, friends and family were still reeling from the shock.

“It was totally surprising and most definitely unexpected,” said Delia Ledet, a long-time friend of Dekitta’s. “From what I’ve gathered she smiled to hide what was really going on.”