Man, two children found dead outside San Marcos home

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SAN MARCOS, Texas (Talk1370.com) -- Hays County authorities are investigating the deaths of an adult male and two children on the northwest side of San Marcos.

Hays County Sheriff's deputies responded to the 900 block of Boulder Bluff around 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning on a child custody call. When they arrived, the complainant told deputies her boyfriend had taken her two young girls, one 6 months old and the other 2 years old, and had left with them. A family member told deputies there was a body on the ground outside the residence.

After securing the family members in the house, deputies found a deceased male with an apparent gunshot wound, and the bodies of the two children near the male.

An autopsy is pending on all three decedents.

Officials say the investigation into the deaths is ongoing.