LIVINGSTON, Texas (KETK) — An East Texas woman is accused of fatally shooting her 8-year-old son before taking her own life on Saturday, according to the Livingston Police Department.

Officers said they found a parked vehicle along U.S. Highway 59 South containing the bodies of the woman and an 8-year-old boy, both with a single apparent gunshot wound.

Livingston PD was notified by the Lufkin Police Department on Saturday that a woman had "expressed suicidal ideations" and was with a minor. Lufkin PD provided Livingston officials with descriptions of two potential vehicles, prompting officers to begin searching for both.

At around 10:47 p.m., one of the vehicles was located on the shoulder of the 800 block on U.S. Highway 59 South. When officers approached the car, they located 27-year-

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