HUSTON, Dec 7 : Six people were found dead and three injured, including two police officers, after a string of homicides and shootings unfolded across two Texas cities -- Austin and San Antonio -- on Tuesday

A man and a woman in their 50s were found dead at a residence near the 6400 block of Port Royal Street in San Antonio. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said that officials believe the man and the woman were killed before the series of shootings in Austin on Tuesday, media reports said.

The Austin Police Department communicated to Bexar County officials that the suspect in the Austin shooting rampage had connections to the residence on Port Royal Street.

Austin officials believe that Shane James, a 34-year-old male, is responsible for the homicides and shootings in Austin, as well as the double homicide in San Antonio, though they have not specified how James is connected to the crime scene in San Antonio, reported the Austin American-Statesman, a newspaper published from Austin.