Children orphaned on Halloween when 'Mike Myers' gunman kills their dad weeks after mom's murder

Three children are without their parents pursuing a shooting believed to person been committed by antheral wearing a 'Halloween' Michael Myers mask.

The execution happened connected Thursday night at the Houston location of Eric Pait, who was found lying successful the store with aggregate slug wounds at astir 11:15pm. 

Only weeks ago, the 38-year-old's estranged wife, Carman Peterson, was gunned down astatine her ain flat - changeable to decease successful her furniture arsenic she slept. The slayer is inactive at-large.

The aforesaid is the lawsuit successful the incidental surrounding Pait, with the lone fishy a antheral seen walking successful the country wearing a disguise from the fearfulness movie. 

Two children were recovered unharmed successful the home, cops said - adding successful a connection however another, a toddler, was distant with a relative. Most notably, cops looked into Pait arsenic a idiosyncratic of involvement successful Peterson's murder, but ne'er pegged him arsenic a suspect.

'Are we a 100 percent definite that this is that idiosyncratic who did it? No,' said Sgt. Michael Ritchie, arsenic Harris County detectives remained astatine the country good into Friday Morning.

'But yes, determination was idiosyncratic wearing a Michael Myers Halloween mask.

'Someone of that statement was seen successful the country during the shooting,' helium added astatine different constituent from the scene.

'Again, we're reviewing video, processing the scene, interviewing witnesses to stitchery arsenic overmuch grounds arsenic we can.'

Witnesses went connected to archer KHOU the antheral successful the Myers disguise - seen skulking adjacent the country successful CCTV footage - walked up the unfortunate portion helium was successful the store connected Halloween night. 

He past began shooting, they said - recalling however the bombardment of bullets came seemingly without warning.

'I was successful my room, and I heard astir 3 oregon 4 shots, and it was truthful large that I thought it was my backdoor neighbors but it was implicit there,' Monica Melgar told the station. 

'Things similar that don't hap successful this neighborhood.'

The pistillate added: 'I’d similar to deliberation that someone’s not conscionable randomly going retired and sidesplitting anyone that’s extracurricular - but it inactive makes you privation to enactment wrong a small bit.'

Pait, meanwhile, was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. 

The aforesaid was said for Peterson backmost successful August, aft she was changeable and killed arsenic she slept successful her caller flat not acold from the location she shared with her husband.

'I ne'er thought that I would locomotion successful connected my sister, you know, conscionable laying successful a furniture murdered,' her sister Kimberly White told reporters pursuing Pait's murder, arsenic some cases stay unsolved.

'It was heartbreaking and devastating. I ne'er thought I would locomotion successful connected my sister murdered...with that galore slug holes,' she tearfully continued.

'She was changeable implicit 5 times, truthful it was personal,' chap sister Margaret Starghill said of the authorities the lawsuit planner had been recovered in.

'Nothing was taken. It is idiosyncratic that had the motive to termination her due to the fact that they hated her truthful much.'

Both added however Peterson had conscionable filed for divorcement successful March, arsenic the transportation betwixt some cases remains unclear, and homicide investigators proceed to look to find a link.

Meanwhile, cops looked into Pait arsenic a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the lawsuit surrounding Peterson, but ne'er named him arsenic a suspect.

A fishy has yet to beryllium named successful Peterson's case, and the antheral with with Michael Myers disguise remains astatine large.

DailyMail.com has reached retired to the Harris County Sheriff's Department for comment, arsenic some cases stay nether investigation.