Details in deaths of three limited

Bexar County sheriff’s officials released no new details Friday on the shooting deaths of a woman and two children at a home inside a gated luxury residential development near Boerne.

The Bexar County medical examiner’s office hasn’t officially identified the victims or revealed more specifics about how they died. An investigation is continuing.

The victims — a 37-year-old woman and two girls, 16 and 10 years old — were found around 9 a.m. Thursday when a man returned to the home in the 11300 block of Anaqua Springs and discovered their bodies.

Family members identified the woman as Nichol Olsen, but authorities have not yet confirmed that information.

Sheriff Javier Salazar said the woman and two children suffered gunshot wounds to their upper bodies. He said both children appeared to be homicide victims.

Authorities haven’t revealed if the woman died as a result of a suicide or a homicide. An autopsy will determine the answer.

The woman and children lived at the home where their bodies were found, Salazar said. That residence sits on 2.7 acres of land and is valued at almost $1 million, Bexar Appraisal District records show.

The man who owns the home purchased the property last year, according to the appraisal district’s website. It wasn’t immediately clear if he was the same man who discovered the bodies Thursday.

Friends paid tribute on social media to Olsen and the two girls believed to have died. Those posting fond remembrances described the 16-year-old as a Clark High School student. One tribute featuring the girl’s photo showed her wearing a Clark cheerleading uniform.

“She was a beautiful young lady, but she had a very big smile that would just kind of light up the room,” said Nicole Nava Cortes, owner of San Antonio Spirit, which trains the Clark cheerleading team. “She was also a very respectful young lady.”

Northside Independent School District officials did not release any information about the teen or the 10-year-old Friday because authorities haven’t officially disclosed their identities.