On May 22, 2025, Ernest Dean Adams Jr., 84, male, was found dead alongside his wife, Sharon Leahey Adams, 83, inside their Northwest Side San Antonio home after police conducted a welfare check on the 8600 block of Bristlecone Drive. Officers peered through a backyard window when no one answered the door and saw two people unresponsive on a couch. Inside, they discovered that Ernest Dean Adams Jr., 84, male, had died from a gunshot wound to the head, while his wife had suffered multiple gunshot
wounds. The Bexar County Medical Examiner ruled both deaths homicides.
Their daughter, identified as Mariah Anne Adams, 54, was also found dead in the home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Detectives concluded the case was a murder-suicide, suspecting that the daughter shot her parents before taking her own life. Police reported no signs of forced entry, and the precise timeline of the shootings remained unclear in the initial days of the investigation. No arrests were made because the suspected shooter died at the scene.
Public records and victim memorial listings corroborated the date and place of death for Ernest Dean Adams Jr., 84, male, noting he was “lost to gun violence” in San Antonio on May 22, 2025. Subsequent probate notices filed in Bexar County named the estate of Ernest Dean Adams Jr., reflecting the legal aftermath that followed the investigation and family tragedy.
