--- description: Ronald Lee Haskell, accused of slaughtering six people in his extended family, collapsed during his first court appearance Friday. title: Texas Shooting Suspect Passes Out in First Court Appearance image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt496634f549d44bf9/69869b61810bbb7311c92901/houston-suburban-shoo_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Texas Shooting Suspect Passes Out in First Court Appearance by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2014 6:12 PM CUT  This undated photo released by the Cache County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, July 10, 2014 shows Ronald Lee Haskell. The 33-year-old man is accused of killing four children and two adults in a Houston suburb. This undated photo released by the Cache County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, July 10, 2014 shows Ronald Lee Haskell. The 33-year-old man is accused of killing four children and two adults in a Houston suburb.AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2014 6:12 PM CUT Ronald Lee Haskell, accused of slaughtering six people in his extended family, collapsed during his first court appearance Friday as the judge read the capital murder charges against him. Court bailiffs in Harris County, Texas, caught the burly suspect in his orange jail uniform before he could fall to the ground, [reported NBC affiliate KPRC](http://www.click2houston.com/news/alleged-gunman-in-mass-shooting-passes-out-during-court-appearance/26898908 "undefined"). He was wheeled out of the courtroom, but was eventually brought back in to stand before the judge. A court-appointed defense attorney said his team is trying to determine the state of Haskell’s mental health as evidence shows a “troubled” history… [Read the rest of the story at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/texas-family-killings/texas-shooting-suspect-passes-out-first-court-appearance-n153556?cid=par-time-article%5F20140711 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2977321/texas-shooting-court/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2977321/texas-shooting-court/"},"headline":"Texas Shooting Suspect Passes Out in First Court Appearance","datePublished":"2014-07-11T18:12:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:06:20.832Z","description":"Texas Shooting Suspect Passes Out in First Court Appearance","url":"https://time.com/2977321/texas-shooting-court/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt496634f549d44bf9/69869b61810bbb7311c92901/houston-suburban-shoo_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt496634f549d44bf9/69869b61810bbb7311c92901/houston-suburban-shoo_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ronald Lee Haskell","caption":"Ronald Lee Haskell","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2977321/texas-shooting-court/","name":"Texas Shooting Suspect Passes Out in First Court Appearance"}}]}] ```