Corsicana police announced that on February 5, around midnight, they responded to the murder and injury of seven family members. Four members were allegedly murdered, and three were injured and transported to a trauma center. When police found the whereabouts of the suspect, 41-year-old Kevin Milazzo, they discovered a gunshot wound to the head, allegedly self-inflicted.
According to a press release by Robert J. Johnson, Chief of Police, the Corsicana Police Department (CPD) responded to a 911 call regarding multiple shootings among the Milazzo family members. Police first arrived in the 2900 block of West 2nd Avenue, which is about fifty miles southeast of Dallas along Interstate 45, and located two deceased victims, William “Bill” Mimms, 68-years-old who was the Milazzo’s stepfather, and Connie Mimms, 61-years-old who was Kevin Milazzo’s mother. Police searched the entire residence and found two more victims of gunshot wounds who were transported to a Dallas-area trauma center via air ambulance.
Twenty miles west of Corsicana, close to the intersection of Stroud Street and Garrity Street in Frost, the Navarro County Sheriff’s Department (NCSO) responded to a second location of gunshot victims, more family members to Kevin Milazzo. Upon arriving, authorities found two deceased within the residence, 21-year-old Joshua Milazzo, Kevin Milazzo’s son, and a 4-year-old, Hunter Freeman, who was the son of Kevin Milazzo’s former girlfriend. A further search of the residence revealed an adult female with multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to a Dallas-area trauma center.
Using the GPS navigation system of Milazzo’s vehicle, detectives were able to identify and track his location. Navarro County Sheriff’s Deputies, Corsicana PD SWAT, and Corsicana Police units worked together. South of Roane Road, authorities located Kevin Milazzo’s vehicle on Farm-to-Market Road 1129 (FM 1129). Officers contacted the monitoring service, who then remotely turned off Milazzo’s engine to the car, causing it to come to a halt.
SWAT officers approached the vehicle and discovered Kevin Milazzo with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Dr. Mathew Branch M.D., a SWAT officer, treated Milazzo on the scene before being transferred to Navarro Regional Hospital, where he later died.
A neighbor of Connie and Bill, Kim Felix, stated, “They’re just really good people. They didn’t deserve for this to happen to them,” NBC DFW reported. According to WFAA, neighbor Ethan Lusk mentioned, “I’ve been living here for 16 years, and it’s scary. It’s just traumatizing to hear about.”
The investigation is ongoing, and the conditions of the victims sent to Dallas, whose names have not been released, are unknown.