PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – The victims of what the Plano Police called the worst mass shooting in the city’s history have been identified. Nine people, including the
suspect, were shot and killed while at a Dallas Cowboys watch party Sunday night.
The Plano Police Department’s David Tilley said the shooter has been identified as 32-year-old Spencer James Hight.
The other victims in the massacre have also been identified:
- 27-year-old Meredith Emily Hight, estranged wife of the gunman
- 33-year-old Anthony Michael Crosse
- 24-year-old Olivia Nicole Deffner
- 29-year-old James Richard Dunlop
- 22-year-old Darryl William Hawkins
- 31-year-old Rion Christopher Morgan
- 28-year-old Myah Sade Bass
- 25-year-old Caleb Seth Edwards
Investigators said police were called to the home in the 1700 block of West Spring Creek Parkway around 8 p.m. When the responding officer arrived on the the scene, he heard gunshots coming from inside the residence and eventually shot and killed Spencer Hight.
According to police, Height allegedly shot and killed seven victims and seriously injured two others. The two survivors were taken to the hospital, where one of those victims later died.
Plano Police Chief Gregory Rushin said the responding officer was brave and did exactly what he was trained to do.
“He observed shooting victims down in the backyard quickly understood exactly what was occurring. He immediately engaged the armed suspect who was inside the residence and shot and killed the suspect to stop the shooting,” he said.
Rushin said this type of massacre was unimaginable in the city of Plano.
“We’re one of the safest cities in the country. We’ve never had a shooting of this magnitude. It’s just a terrible event,” he said.
Because Spencer Hight was killed by a Plano police officer, The Texas Rangers are investigating the incident.
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