Six people shot to death in apparent murder-suicide in South Carolina

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Six people shot to death in apparent murder-suicide in South Carolina

By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:19am EDT

(Reuters) - Six people, including two children, were shot to death in a South Carolina home on Tuesday in what police believe is a murder-suicide involving members of a family, authorities said.

Investigators still do not know which of the slain was the shooter, said Sergeant John Long, a spokesman for the sheriff's department in Greenwood County, where the shootings took place and about 180 miles northwest of Charleston.

Officers rushed to the scene after a male caller phoned 911 emergency services shortly before 6 p.m. EDT and said he was thinking of hurting himself, Long said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/30/us-usa-northcarolina-shooting-idUSBRE99T05R20131030

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. 4 children escaped; adults thought to be mother, her parents, and her boyfriend

Investigators believe one of the people found inside was the shooter. As for the children, officials say they were both around 10 years old and they were related to someone inside the home.

Neighbors say the children lived in the home with their mother, her boyfriend, and the mom's parents. Sheriff's deputies have yet to release the names of any of the victims.

Authorities said the surviving children ran from the home when the shooting started and eventually made it to a neighbor's house.

http://www.wistv.com/story/23824306/multiple-people-found-dead-inside-greenwood-co-home

[rdharma]

2. An "every day" occurence?