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DALLAS, N.C. -- A 7-year-old girl is the only survivor of a murder-suicide that left four family members dead, including her pregnant mother.
Gaston County Police Capt. Joe Ramey says the father, Austen Blake Minter, shot the woman and kids in the kitchen of their home sometime between midnight Thursday and 1 p.m. Friday.
The victims were identified as 24-year-old Tracy Lee Hedgepath, who was 3 months pregnant; 6-year-old Austen Blake Minter II; and 3-year-old Serenity Tyvon Minter.
Hedgepath's 7-year old daughter, Destiny, was also shot in the head.
She remains hospitalized in critical condition, but was able to tell police that her father shot her family.
The shooting were discovered by Hedgepath's parents when she failed to show up for work.
911: Gaston County 911
Caller: (sound of girl crying) HeyÂ… ma'amÂ… my daughter and them's dead. I need you here right away.
911: I need an address, sir.
Caller: Ma'am, I'm at 1303... I don't know ...my daughter and them's dead, there's a bunch of them dead in here.
911: Sir... sir... I don't know where to send them to. You need to find a piece of mail or something.
Caller: She's dead... and my grand babies are dead.
911: Sir... find a piece of mail or something with an address on it. I don't know where to send them.
Caller: (caller appears to ask someone the address) HeyÂ… what's this address? Our daughters are dead...1303 Dean Drive? (now back to the 911 operator) 1303 Dead Drive.
911: 1303 Dead Drive?
Caller: Yes.
911: Are you in Dallas?
Caller: Hey... excuse me... hey...
911: Sir, are you off of College Boulevard?
Gaston County Police Capt. Joe Ramey says the father, Austen Blake Minter, shot the woman and kids in the kitchen of their home sometime between midnight Thursday and 1 p.m. Friday.
The victims were identified as 24-year-old Tracy Lee Hedgepath, who was 3 months pregnant; 6-year-old Austen Blake Minter II; and 3-year-old Serenity Tyvon Minter.
Hedgepath's 7-year old daughter, Destiny, was also shot in the head.
She remains hospitalized in critical condition, but was able to tell police that her father shot her family.
The shooting were discovered by Hedgepath's parents when she failed to show up for work.
911: Gaston County 911
Caller: (sound of girl crying) HeyÂ… ma'amÂ… my daughter and them's dead. I need you here right away.
911: I need an address, sir.
Caller: Ma'am, I'm at 1303... I don't know ...my daughter and them's dead, there's a bunch of them dead in here.
911: Sir... sir... I don't know where to send them to. You need to find a piece of mail or something.
Caller: She's dead... and my grand babies are dead.
911: Sir... find a piece of mail or something with an address on it. I don't know where to send them.
Caller: (caller appears to ask someone the address) HeyÂ… what's this address? Our daughters are dead...1303 Dean Drive? (now back to the 911 operator) 1303 Dead Drive.
911: 1303 Dead Drive?
Caller: Yes.
911: Are you in Dallas?
Caller: Hey... excuse me... hey...
911: Sir, are you off of College Boulevard?
