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<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#33282a;font-size:14px"><strong>Gunman shot dead three teen girls, <strong>19, 14 and 13, </strong> including one who was pregnant in a Houston suburb on Saturday</strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#33282a;font-size:14px"><strong>A woman only identified as &#8216;Lilly&#8221;, was not home when her boyfriend of two years killed her two daughters and their friend on Saturday </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#33282a;font-size:14px"><strong>The girls who were home alone with their mother&#8217;s boyfriend, Umberto Valdez-Saldana</strong>,<strong> got into an argument <strong>inside his girlfriend&#8217;s home in the Galena Park neighborhood of Houston</strong> </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#33282a;font-size:14px"><strong>Valdez-Saldana hot her eldest daughter, 19-year-old Sayuri Gil who was six months pregnant, her sister Melany Torres, 13, and her 14-year-old friend Leisha Perez </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#33282a;font-size:14px"><strong>The 38-year-old assailant then sexually assaulted his girlfriend&#8217;s 12-year-old daughter </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#33282a;font-size:14px"><strong>After attacking the minor he told her to run out of the house, <strong>before killing himself</strong></strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#33282a;font-size:14px"><strong>The minor victim grabbed her 1-year-old niece and fled the home, naked </strong></h1>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Umberto-Valdez-Saldana-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-431896" width="781" height="710"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Umberto Valdez-Saldana, 38, shot his girlfriend&#8217;s pregnant daughter, 19, her sister, 13, and their friend, 14, before killing himself on Saturday night inside his girlfriend&#8217;s home in Galena Park, Houston. He also raped the woman&#8217;s 12-year-old daughter</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Authorities say three teenage girls, including one who was pregnant, were fatally shot by man who also sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl who later escaped then fatally shot himself, in Houston, Texas.<br>No names have been released.<br>The killings occurred at the home of the gunman’s girlfriend in the Houston suburb of Galena Park at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday.<br>The girls who were killed were 19, 14 and 13, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. <br>Police said a woman identified as &#8220;Lilly&#8221; was not home when her 38-year-old boyfriend of two years, Umberto Valdez-Saldana, also known as Valentin, killed her two daughters and their friend. <br>He then assaulted Lilly&#8217;s twelve year-old daughter before killing himself. <br>He shot her eldest daughter Sayuri Gil, 19, who was six months pregnant, and her sister Melany Torres, 13. He also fatally shot their friend Leisha Perez, 14. <br>Sayuri was the mother of a 1-year old. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Sayuri-Gil-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-431888" width="837" height="872"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Lilly&#8217;s eldest daughter Sayuri Gil,19, was six months pregnant. She was also the mother of the one-year-old girl who witnessed the tragedy</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Melany-Torres-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-431889" width="834" height="819"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Sayuri&#8217;s younger sister Melany Torres, 13, was also killed by Humberto Valdez-Saldana</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Family-set-up-for-slain-girls-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-431878" width="839" height="461"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>The family set up a memorial for the girls who were murdered in their own home by their mother&#8217;s boyfriend</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>The girls who were home alone with their mother&#8217;s boyfriend got into an argument with Valdez-Saldana. He shot<br>After sexually attacking the 12-year-old girl, Lilly&#8217;s 38-year-old Valdez-Saldana told his preteen victim to run out of the house, Gonzalez said. She grabbed her 1-year-old baby niece and fled. <br>“She ran out of the residence without any clothing” to the home of a neighbor, who called Galena Park police.<br>“When she ran out she managed to think about it, thankfully, and was able to grab the 1-year-old and ran away,” Sheriff Gonzalez said. <br>The neighbors who heard the shots and saw the fleeing girl in their Ring camera. They took the girls in and wrapped he 12-year-old in blankets before calling cops.<br>She was screaming, &#8216;He killed my friend. Why my friend? She had nothing to do with this. He also killed my sister and made me take off my clothes,'&#8221; the couple said.<br>The suspect ended up shooting and killing himself by the time authorities arrived.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Vilafranca-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-431880" width="839" height="445"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>The murdered girls aunt Suzanna Villa Franca</strong> <strong>said she would always remember her nieces as happy girls who always brought a smile to her face, no matter how she was feeling</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Houston-home-where-three-teen-girls-were-murdered-by-their-mothers-boyfriend-3.png" alt="" class="wp-image-431884"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>People gather outside a home Sunday, in Galena Park, where Humberto Valdez-Saldana shot dead three teenage girls, including one who was pregnant, before sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl who later escaped, before committing suicide. The home belongs to his girlfriend</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Family-and-neighbors-gather-to-remeber-slain-girls.png" alt="" class="wp-image-431883" width="842" height="467"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Family and neighbors gather to remember the slain girls</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Both girls were hospitalized for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening, according to a statement from Galena Park police. The investigation has been turned over to the sheriff’s department.<br>Authorities did not immediately return messages to The Associated Press for additional comment on Sunday. <br>Speaking to ABC13, Valdez-Saldana&#8217;s ex-wife, who said they were married for 16 years and had four children together, but he was not in their lives she said, and had not paid child support. <br>She said they stopped communicating after he started using drugs and alcohol, but is shocked of what deputies say happened.<br>Gonzalez said the man’s girlfriend was the mother of the 12-year-old and the 19-year-old. The older victim was the mother of the baby and was pregnant. </p>



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Texas man, 38, shoots girlfriend’s pregnant daughter, 19, other daughter,13, their friend, 14; He then raped woman’s 12-year-old daughter who escaped naked, before he shot himself
