Names of victims, suspect in double murder-suicide on San Antonio’s Northwest Side released

Police called to home in 5200 block of Ebony late Thursday

SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday released the names of three people believed to be the victims and a suspect in a double murder-suicide.

Police found the bodies of two men and a woman after they were called to a home in the 5200 block of Ebony late Thursday on the city’s Northwest Side for a welfare check.

The victims are identified as George Lee Hines, 69, who died of a gunshot wound to the head, and Magda Elva Hines, 58, who died of gunshot wounds.

Both deaths are considered homicides, according to the ME’s Office.

The man believed to have shot the victims, Jonathan Lee Hines, 24, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A motive for the shootings has not been released.

SAPD officials said the case is open and the investigation is ongoing.


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