Erbie Bowser, 44, was arrested by police outside a home in DeSoto, a bedroom community just south of Dallas. According to the Dallas Morning News, Bowser threw a hand grenade into the living room of the DeSoto home before shooting and killing two women inside. He also wounded two boys, ages 11 and 13, before running out of bullets.
A neighbor in DeSoto, Tommy Johnson, told The Associated Press that he heard a loud boom on Wednesday night coming from the direction of the home where the victims were later found.
“We thought it was coming from upstairs, because the kids are always upstairs making noise,” Johnson said. “I went up and asked, 'Did y'all hear anything?' and one of my daughters said it came from outside. So I peeped out the front, and that's when I saw a bunch of officers walking down the sidewalk and about 10 houses up.”
Before the DeSoto shooting, police say they believe Bowser shot up a home in southwest Dallas where two people were killed and two were wounded. The Dallas Morning News reported authorities believe Bowser's intended targets on Wednesday might have been a former girlfriend and his estranged wife. The newspaper reports Bowser has previous arrests for violating a protective order and evading arrest. The identities of the victims killed on Wednesday had not been officially released as of Thursday morning.
The Dallas Morning News and WFAA-TV reported that Bowser was a former Mavs ManiAAC, a hip-hop dance troupe of beefy guys who entertain fans at Dallas home basketball games.
