LIBERTY CITY, Texas (KLTV) - A 16-year-old girl and her father were fatally shot Monday afternoon at a park in Liberty City in what is believed to be a targeted attack, the Gregg County Sheriff’s Office said.

Hailey Nicole Blake and Shawn Glen Blake, 49, died at the scene at Hugh Camp Memorial Park.

The sheriff’s office said a man believed to be the girl’s boyfriend, identified as Christopher Wayne Hicks Jr., was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries that appeared to be self-inflicted.

The sheriff’s office was called to the park Monday afternoon in reference to a shooting with multiple victims. When officers, Christus EMS and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrived at the scene, they began life-saving procedures on the victims, the sheriff’s office said.

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