LIBERTY CITY, Texas ( KLTV /Gray News) – A young man in Texas is accused of shooting and killing his 16-year-old girlfriend and her father at a park.

According to the Gregg County Sheriff’s Office, the shooting happened Monday afternoon at Hugh Camp Memorial Park in Liberty City.

The victims were identified as Hailey Nicole Blake, 16, and her father Shawn Glen Blake, 49. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

The suspect has been identified as Hailey Blake’s boyfriend, Christopher Wayne Hicks Jr.

Hicks was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries that officials believe are from self-inflicted gunshots.

“At this time, it is believed this was a targeted attack and not a random act of violence,” Chief Deputy Craig Harrington said in a press release issued Tuesday. “There w

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