AUSTIN, Texas >> A woman has been arrested and charged with killing three children, including 5-year-old twins, and injuring two others Friday in Texas, authorities said, after a Child Protective Services caseworker visited the home and ordered that the children be removed.

The suspect, Shamaiya Hall, 25, of Forney, Texas, was taken into custody Friday night and charged with three counts of capital murder in connection with the killings of a 6-year-old boy and the twins, a boy and a girl, the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

The two wounded children, a 4-year-old boy and a 13-month-old girl, were taken to hospitals, the sheriff’s office said.

Officials did not comment on the severity of their injuries. They also did not say if the suspect was related to or knew the victims or if the home was hers.

The children were found in a home in Italy, Texas, a town of about 2,000 residents.

— The New York Times